Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth.

The transition from water to land is a question that still intrigues scientists. Those ancient organisms would have needed to ...

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that ...

(CNN) — The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ...

New discoveries of fossil clawed footprints from Australia, published in Nature, push the origin of reptiles back in time by at least 35 million years and change the entire timeline for the origin of ...

Recent fossil discoveries in China provide crucial insights into the early evolution of complex animals, revealing a ...

One of the most important steps in the evolution of modern mammals was the development of highly sensitive hearing. The middle ear of mammals, with an eardrum and several small bones, allows us to ...

"This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Title page verso. NH copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Part I. The wider evolutionary context. 1. Evolutionary ...

Embryonic germ layers are the fundamental organizing principle in animal development. They provide the structural basis from which tissues and organs arise. During early embryogenesis, cells divide to ...

When the environment changes dramatically, animals from mollusks to crows can make big changes in their behavior that enable ...