For a long time, scientists felt confident in their understanding of the timeline of human evolution. But a recent discovery ...

A new study suggests two fossil trackways found in Australia were made by an early amniote, a group that today includes ...

Animals that resemble each other often share similar habitats or evolutionary traits. The lookalikes showcase nature’s creativity in evolution, as they adapt to their environments for survival ...

All animal evolution for the last half billion years has come from tinkering with these Cambrian body plans. Then, between about 570 and 530 million years ago, another burst of diversification ...

The discovery of a billion-year-old fossil in Scotland offers exciting new insight into animal evolution, BC researcher says Loch Torridon in Scotland, where the microfossil was discovered. Photo: ...