Trove of fossils discovered in Canada sheds light on "when life first became large, complex and unmistakenly animal." ...

The Canadian fossils belong to the White Sea group. But they appear to be around 567 million years old – 5 to 10 million ...

Researchers have uncovered a remarkable fossil site in a remote part of Canada's Northwest Territories, offering ...

A reconstruction of the Jiangchuan biota, an assemblage of early animals represented by fossils from a newly discovered fossil site in China?s Yunnan Province dating to about 554 to 539 million years ...

Advances in imaging techniques reportedly debunks a purported "animal" fossil from long before the Cambrian explosion.

From butterflies to blue whales, corals and worms, Earth is home to an incredible diversity of animals. How all of these ...

New fossil discoveries in Canada's Mackenzie Mountains, dating back 567 million years, offer fresh insights into early animal ...

Scientists revisiting mysterious 540-million-year-old microfossils from Brazil have overturned a major idea about early ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than a half billion years ago, showing a deep-water ecosystem thriving in the ...

Scientists discovered that some of Earth’s supposed earliest animal fossils were actually giant ancient microbes.