A rare fossil discovery is shedding light on the “missing years” of early sponge evolution. Scientists found a ...

Afossil uncovered along the Yangtze River in China is forcing scientists to rethink not just the origins of sponges but also ...

The find, led by Shuhai Xiao of Virginia Tech, suggests that the earliest sponges lacked mineral skeletons, which may explain why older fossils have remained elusive. Sponges are considered among the ...

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday. The treasure trove of ...