A treasure trove of fossils from China shows that the Cambrian explosion may have been less explosive than scientists once ...

Newfound fossils from China suggest that complex animals were around millions of years earlier than thought, among them ...

Among the fossil finds were bilateral worm-like animals that may have anchored themselves to the seafloor, early comb jellies ...

The complete absence of these creatures in later strata suggests they might have vanished in a mass-extinction event that ...

Some states want oil and gas companies to pay for property insurance rate hikes. Insurers say litigation would be costly and ...

An Archaeopteryx fossil with soft tissue reveals flight features and offers fresh support for Darwin’s theory of evolution.

A new analysis of a specimen found more than 40 years ago reveals the oldest known chelicerate, defined by its pair of pincer ...

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that ...

Thermal batteries, such as the one being developed by Cache Energy, store heat instead of electricity, and can be recharged ...

A newly discovered fossil site in southwest China has transformed our understanding of how complex animal life emerged on ...

Researchers argue that a newly examined specimen found decades ago in Utah provides new clues to the ancestors of ...