Earth’s history is filled with incredible milestones, and the emergence of the first animals is one of the most captivating.

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918, it was initially classified as a crustacean. Despite ...

Scientists discovered complex life may have started 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought thanks to phosphorus.

The team examined 36 specimens, at the Smithsonian Institution and the Royal Ontario Museum, from the Cambrian Period of the Burgess ... suggesting the animal exited front the front of the body ...

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918, it was ...

For years, a mysterious fossil specimen defied categorization, until one paleontologist made a surprising discovery.

The animals inhabited the ocean floor 505 million years ago, near the end of the Cambrian Period. "Most of the phyla we know today we can see already in the Cambrian and the animals of the Burgess ...

Horatio Alger is the largest needs-based scholarship organization in the United States. This year, it will award $17.4 million for higher education, military or technical training to disadvantaged U.S ...