Around 540 million years ago, the ocean erupted with complex life: Creatures rapidly transformed from simple, soft-bodied, ...

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

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that life suddenly diversified during the Cambrian explosion ...

Hundreds of Chinese fossils from the dawn of animal evolution may change how scientists think of this critical period of ...

The world’s oceans are home to an incredible range of life, from massive predators to small, unusual creatures that thrive in ...

Surviving a global disaster would take more than luck. It will require serious adaptability, resilience, and a little ...

Wild animals are reshaping Earth’s surface more than expected, altering soil, rivers, and sediment movement across ecosystems ...

Wild animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world. Many also act as natural landscape engineers, reshaping Earth's ...

New research by Smithsonian scientists suggests that preferences for certain sounds might be evolutionarily conserved ...

The March 12 event allowed kids to meet farmers from Animal Edventure Park and Safari, who brought a llama, a spider monkey, ...

Animal Humane Society’s Walk for Animals returns to the Minnesota State Fairgrounds May 2.

The "God Squad" voted unanimously to remove protections for Gulf animals, for "security." It's not the first time federal ...