What does it take for soft-bodied animals, built to rot not to rock, to persist for 500 million years in the Grand Canyon?

After studying rocks more than 541 million years old, MIT scientists have found new evidence that some of Earth’s first ...

Research to help reduce inflammation in the uterus of livestock animals could help pave the way for developing new drugs to ...

An unassuming rock layer in the Grand Canyon just exposed a fossil secret that changes everything we thought we knew.

Chemical fossils in 541-million-year-old rocks point to demosponges as Earth’s earliest animals, pushing origins before the ...

Rare fossils found along the Colorado River 'give us a fuller picture of what life was like during the Cambrian period,' says ...

THERE was only one match on Sunday in the Dolgellau & District Pool League, the derby match at the Royal in Barmouth.

The origins of consciousness date back about 540 million years ago, when animal bodies became more complex. Feelings like ...

A new porcupine that was hiding in plain sight, mistaken for a known species, has been discovered and named - Voss' porcupine ...

The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority will present an update on the progress of its Agricultural Strategic Plan during a Jan. 20 webinar hosted by the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce.

Experts and novices alike hunt for specimens that could change our understanding of evolution – and all only a short day trip from Melbourne ...

GSA Bulletin articles posted online ahead of print on 6 and 13 December 2013 cover earthquake hazards of the Santa Barbara suburban area; apatite and the skeletons of early animals; the peculiar ...