Life at the start of the Ordovician remained confined to the seas with new animals evolving in place of those that didn't survive the Cambrian. Chief among them were the squidlike nautiloids ...

Paleontologists have identified fossils of an ancient species of bug that spent the past 450 million years covered in fool's ...

Sometimes, they even use specific animal prints, further spreading the uniqueness of wildlife throughout the world for more ...

The Earth is currently experiencing its sixth major extinction event. One million species globally are at risk of extinction in the next few decades, including 27 percent of the world’s mammals, 41 ...

The Paleozoic era's Silurian period saw animals and plants finally emerge on land. But first there was a period of biological regrouping following the disastrous climax to the Ordovician.

A creature that scuttled along the seafloor 450 million years ago has been preserved in a rare and striking fossil that ...

Colors evolved for survival, with animals using them for warnings and mating, and plants attracting pollinators.

The hard structure of the animal is composed of plates of crystalline calcium carbonate. Crinoids first appeared in Early Ordovician rocks. Although crinoids still exist today, the species found in ...

For evidence, look no further than the five mass extinctions that have occurred over the past 500 million years: Even in the midst of widespread ecological catastrophe, certain animals found a way ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — A research team has discovered two remarkable species of bacteria in the tissue of two deep-sea corals from the Gulf of Mexico. These previously unknown symbionts of the corals ...

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Like other Megacheirans, Lomankus is an example of an arthropod with an adaptable head and specialized appendages (a scorpion ...