Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fascinating fossil discovery in remote South Australia sheds light on an important chapter in the history of life on Earth: the ...

When worlds collide, indeed. In a fascinating mash-up of paleontology and pop culture, scientists have named a 500-million-year-old worm fossil from the Grand Canyon Kraytdraco spectatus, inspired by ...

A body fossil of a thorny-headed worm (Acanthocephala) has been dated to the Jurassic period, about 165 million years ago. It has characteristics of both Acanthocephala and tiny animals called ...

A groundbreaking fossil discovery in remote South Australia sheds light on one of evolution’s greatest mysteries: the origins of Ecdysozoa, a superphylum of molting animals including insects, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A bizarre-looking fossil worm that’s been a puzzle for scientists has given up a secret: Researchers now know which end is which. The giveaway was finding evidence of eyes and teeth in ...

Remarkable fossils found in North Greenland have helped researchers solve a 500-million-year-old puzzle surrounding squid-like ancestors. It was previously thought ancient organisms called ...

Though the Grand Canyon we know today is a deep and dusty chasm, it was once an equatorial region bathed in a shallow sea. Throughout the middle Cambrian period (about 500 million years ago) this ...

Ancient fossils unearthed in Morocco reveal parasitic worms burrowing into mollusc shells approximately 480 million years ago, pushing back the known timeline for parasitism by 60 million years. This ...

The Grand Canyon is one of the most remarkable landforms in America, attracting millions of tourists each year. The geological marvel reveals the power of erosion over long periods of time. It is also ...

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a fossil acanthocephalan, Juracanthocephalus, from the 160-million-year-old ...