Monument Rocks Chalk Pyramids in Kansas offer one of the best fossil hunting experiences in the Midwest. Explore ancient sea ...

Revealing Ancient Life in Extraordinary Detail Radiodont fossils typically offer limited insight into soft internal anatomy.

This idea was proposed in 2023 by a team of researchers, and basically says that, around 500 million years ago, these ancient microbes rafted out to sea on bits of dead bug-like critters.

A stock image shows ancient sea life from the Cambrian Period. iStock / Getty Images Plus Further soft-bodied samples from this era are needed to form a more solid conclusion about Typhloesus ...

Long before the first dinosaur hatched, Earth's ancient life was already thriving. There were bizarre sea creatures and lumbering plant-eaters that ruled prehistoric landscapes for hundreds of ...

The fossil record is filled with strange marine animals that would look like sea monsters if they were alive today.

To unravel the mysteries of these difficult voyages, the researchers employed a unique combination of numerical simulations and experimental archaeology.

Fossils show that the sea dragon-like New Zealand nothosaur had sharp teeth and reached 23 feet long.

New 'Dune'-like Selkirkia worm species rewrites ancient history : Short Wave 500 million years ago, the world was a very different place. During this period of time, known as the Cambrian period ...

The circle of life is beautiful and gruesome—sometimes so gruesome that it makes the fossil record downright macabre, millions of years after the fact. That’s what happened with an ancient ...

Scientists discover giant predatory worms dating back 518 million years Revealing Ancient Life in Extraordinary Detail Radiodont fossils typically offer limited insight into soft internal anatomy.