Based on our understanding of how fossils are formed, the Ediacara Biota shouldn’t still be around for us to look at today.

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history.

Just over half a billion years ago, Earth was rocked by a global mass extinction event, a dramatic interruption of the ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than ...

The exceptionally well-preserved fossils shine a light on the mass extinction that brought an end to the "Biological Big Bang." ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

Some of the world’s most mysterious fossils, soft-bodied creatures preserved in coarse sandstone, owe their survival to an ...

The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...

Levels of molybdenum in soil show that hydrogen sulfide gas wiped out nearly half of all marine life 530 million years ago.

Scientists discovered well-preserved marine fossils in southern China, uncovering a thriving deep-water ecosystem after a ...

Studies looking at how sponges have evolved on a molecular level have suggested that spicules should be present over 700 ...