Life on our home planet dates back to hundreds of millions of years before the arrival of the dinosaurs. Among the most ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones first emerged and became so diverse.

Scientists discovered the skull of Tyrannoroter, a 307-million-year-old plant-eating vertebrate, in Nova Scotia. The find alters our understanding of early tetrapods and their dietary evolution, ...

A research team at Yunnan University has found that the earliest known vertebrates from the Cambrian Period may have possessed "four camera-type eyes", offering new insights into the early evolution ...

Learn how a second pair of eyes helped this 518-million-year-old fish evade predators.

By Will Dunham Feb 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in Canada's province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature ...

Life on Earth started in the oceans. Sometime around 475 million years ago, plants began making their way from the water onto ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones—from fish and frogs to ...

This particular species of pantylid (dubbed Tyrannoroter heberti after its discoverer) existed 307 million years ago and harbored some surprises within its tiny skull. Using a CT scan, researchers ...

Meet Tyrannoroter heberti, a newly described species that was one of the largest, most feared land animals of its time – at least, if you were a fern. Hailing from 307 million years ago, this strange ...

A 400-million-year-old jawed fish fossil found in the Arctic, Romundina gagnieri, could be a key link in the evolution of ...

According to the researchers, the fossil represents an early shift in diet that helped shape modern terrestrial ecosystems.