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Half a billion years ago, a shallow sea in what is now Siberia teemed with creatures that look more like science fiction than prehistory. Locked in that ancient seabed, scientists have now identified ...

Fossils collected more than 150 years ago show that the techniques some creatures use for defensive curling have not changed in millions of years. By Jack Tamisiea When the going got tough in the ...

One of several Jianfengia fossil specimens: The animal's body plan is extremely simple, consisting of numerous identical segments. However, its head is like that of a more modern crustacean, with eyes ...

Fossils can tell scientists a lot about an animal such as their morphology, their environment, and where to place them in the tree of life. One thing though that’s very difficult to observe in the ...

Ecological reconstruction of Kylinxia zhangi. (Artwork by D.-Y. Huang & H. Zeng) Holotype of Kylinxia zhangi. (Photo by D.-Y. Huang & H. Zeng) (CN) — An extinct shrimp is set to make a big splash in ...

A new study, led by paleontologists at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is helping resolve the evolution and ecology of Odaraia, a taco-shaped marine animal that lived during the Cambrian period.

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 ...

International team of researchers describe new fossil species discovered in fossil deposit near Llandrindod Wells in mid-Wales. The fossil, Mierridduryn bonniae, shares many features with Cambrian ...

Researchers studying the 160-million-year-old fossils of a marine arthropod called Dollocaris ingens reveal how surprisingly sophisticated their huge eyes were. These little visual predators had more ...