Until now, there was a conflict in the field of paleontology. Genetic analysis of how fast traits mutated and evolved ...

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

A remarkable assemblage of fossils from China is revealing that animal life diversified in Earth's primordial seas millions ...

KUNMING -- Chinese scientists have discovered well-preserved multicellular animal fossils in Ediacaran strata of eastern Yunnan, indicating that complex animal communities existed in oceans long ...

Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures that ...

When the environment changes dramatically, animals from mollusks to crows can make big changes in their behavior that enable ...

The discovery of why some birds emit more heat than others can be used for both conservation and the creation of ...

Don’t ever accuse Lainey Wilson of letting fame change her. She’s still the same girl she’s always been, down to the animal ...

A new study shows that early humans shifted from hunting giants to smaller animals, shaping tools, survival, and intelligence ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...