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

IN the Dolgellau & District Pool League on Sunday Royal A beat visitors Garth Gangsters, 8-4, to stay at the top of the ...

The missing link in the mystery turned out to be an event called the Cambrian explosion. It was only after it that living ...

Hallucigenia sparsa is one of the most unusual animals that occurred more than 500 million years ago. Although its anatomy ...

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

RSPCA Cymru has hailed a long-awaited consultation into the use of cages for hens as ‘an enormous step towards a cage-free ...

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

What does it take for soft-bodied animals, built to rot not to rock, to persist for 500 million years in the Grand Canyon? The usual answer in paleontology is simple: take away oxygen, slow decay, and ...

Dinosaurs ruled the planet between 230 to 66 million years ago, although many other life forms had evolved well before their ...

After studying rocks more than 541 million years old, MIT scientists have found new evidence that some of Earth’s first ...

In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...

Research reveals when and why ancient tropical seas transitioned from oxygen oases to marine dead zones, providing clues to ...