The conclusions come from patterns tracked by scientists that point to several meteorite impacts through geological records.

That was the case for Luke Parry, a paleobiology professor at Oxford University, who this week announced he'd unearthed a ...

Like other Megacheirans, Lomankus is an example of an arthropod with an adaptable head and specialized appendages (a scorpion ...

A new 450-million-year-old fossil arthropod, preserved in 3D by iron pyrite (fool’s gold), has been unveiled by scientists.

Learn more about the time period that took place 488 to 443 million years ago. 3 min read During the Ordovician period, part of the Paleozoic era, a rich variety of marine life flourished in the ...

Throughout the world, there are creatures that haven't evolved for millions of years, and these eight living fossils ...

Researchers have uncovered a golden-colored, 450-million-year-old fossil of a new arthropod species, preserved in fool’s gold ...

Scientists observed that all examined craters are situated within 30 degrees of the equator. This concentrated impact area, ...

A creature that scuttled along the seafloor 450 million years ago has been preserved in a rare and striking fossil that ...

Life in the Ordovician period looked very different from today. The land was barren and devoid of life, but the sea was teeming. Squids and sea anemones, which can be seen in the illustration ...

The fossils that these layers contain are world-famous for the details that they record about life on Earth during the Late Ordovician Period. Besides preserving pieces of Earth's history, limestone ...

Paleontologists have identified fossils of an ancient species of bug that spent the past 450 million years covered in fool's ...