The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...

Then came the Cambrian period – nature’s version of a creative explosion. Imagine going from microbial monotony to evolutionary maximalism in what geologists call a “quick minute.” This wasn’t just ...

Animals of the Cambrian period went through one of the greatest evolutionary surges in history, known as the Cambrian Explosion. Animals of the Cambrian period likely began as worms or worm-like ...