500 million-year-old ‘abnormal shrimp’ used facial spikes to ‘pincushion’ soft prey
An artist's depiction of Anomalocaris canadensis, a Cambrian critter that pierced its prey with its...
3.2 million-year-old human ancestor ‘Lucy’ had massive leg muscles to stand up straight and climb trees
A sculptor's rendering of the hominid Australopithecus afarensis in an exhibition that included the 3.2...
50 million-year-old pepper found in Colorado
It’s hard to imagine life without the nightshade family. It includes the likes of tomatoes,...
This 480 million-year-old creature is the ancestor of all starfish
A strange little fossil may represent the ancestor of all starfish-like animals on the planet,...
500 million-year-old creature with mashup of bizarre features could be arthropod ‘missing link’
A shrimp-like animal that paddled around the ocean hundreds of millions of years ago peered...
24 million-year-old nursery for baby megasharks discovered in South Carolina
About 24 million years ago, baby shark ancestors of the giant beast called megalodon needed...