Many major groups of animals that have become a mainstay in modern times first appeared during the Cambrian Explosion.

The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...

The Cambrian explosion, long hailed as one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth, has now been ...

Fossils offer a glimpse into Earth's ancient life, revealing the origins and evolution of complex organisms. Discoveries like ...

Geologists have added a new period to their official calendar of Earth's history - the first in 120 years. The Ediacaran Period covers some 50 million years of ancient time on our planet from 600 ...

Ikaria wariootia existed during the Ediacaran period, a period of time prior to the renowned Cambrian explosion.

Chengdu University of Technology-led research has established a high-resolution astrochronological framework spanning approximately 57.6 million years of the early Ediacaran Period. This ...

Nilpena Ediacara National Park in South Australia is well known for its collection of fossils from the Ediacaran period—a geologic timespan that predates the Cambrian explosion. An international ...

The remains of the first marine animal forests from the Ediacaran Period, about 565 million years ago, are revealing how early communities of animal life may have impacted the flow of water. This had ...

An illustration of some of the underwater creatures that lived during the Ediacaran Period, roughly 635 million to 541 million years ago. University of Rochester illustration / Michael Osadciw ...

Researchers uncovered compelling evidence that Earth's magnetic field was in a highly unusual state when the macroscopic animals of the Ediacaran Period -- 635 to 541 million years ago ...