Their appearance pushes back amniotes evolution by 35-40 million years. Between 359 and 350 million years ago, it rained.

Teeth are sensitive because they evolved from sensory tissue in both ancient vertebrates and ancient arthropods.

They are very tiny, but they are a key source of information when it comes to Earth's evolutionary history: pollen grains are ...

Canadian paleontologists recently discovered Mosura fentoni, a 506-million-year-old predator resembling a moth. The discovery ...

The Mosura fentoni, or "sea moth," is a newly discovered type of arthropod that would have lived in the deep sea more than 500 million years ago.

Earth's magnetic field was so weak it almost disappeared. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, complex life emerged.

Paleontologists have discovered that a three-eyed sea moth predator lived on Earth half a billion years ago with evidence ...

Fossil discovery pushes the history of Australian tree frogs back 55 million years, reshaping our understanding of their ...

The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to evidence discovered at an Australian fossil site that represents a critical ...

In new research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, we identify Australia’s earliest known species of ...

Paleontologists have identified Mosura fentoni, a three-eyed predator from the Cambrian Period, based on over 60 fossils ...