The strange creature—which bears a question-mark shape on its body—roved about like a prehistoric Roomba, researchers said.

A team of researchers have observed marine snails evolve to closely resemble their predecessors over just 30 years – which is ...

To understand the origins of multicelled life, researchers are studying a motley assortment of simpler animal relatives. The ...

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 ...

Note, however, that the cladogram does not imply ... The production of venom in these animals is therefore clearly a case of convergent evolution.

A surprise discovery in a remote Australian desert region has given us new clues into the evolution of complex animal life, ...

Paleontologists have recently unearthed a significant discovery in the Nilpena Ediacara National Park, located in the remote ...

Scientists typically predict how species evolve by looking at their genes and the environment they live in, but new research ...

In the vast, arid landscape of South Australia’s outback, a fossil record lies hidden beneath the soil, holding crucial clues ...

Snails on a tiny rocky islet evolved before scientists’ eyes. The marine snails were reintroduced after a toxic algal bloom ...

In the shadow of South Australia's largest mountain range beneath the outback soil lies a fossil record that reveals a rich ...