A geological row is brewing over the first new geological period in 120 years to receive an official name. This month the International Union of Geological Sciences announced that its International ...

Tribrachidium heraldicum, one of the most enigmatic critters from the Ediacaran fauna. A new study has for the first time precisely dated some of the oldest fossils in the world, helping to track a ...

The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first appear in the fossil record. New research, however, suggests that many of ...

Researchers uncovered compelling evidence that Earth's magnetic field was in a highly unusual state when the macroscopic animals of the Ediacaran Period -- 635 to 541 million years ago -- diversified ...

In a hillside in Yunnan province, southwest China, paleontologists have pulled more than 700 fossils from rock that is roughly 554 million years old. The collection, known as the Jiangchuan Biota, ...

Over 500 million years ago, during the Ediacaran Period, complex, multicellular organisms emerged, paving the way for the explosion of life on Earth. Researchers have uncovered evidence indicating ...

Scientists discovered exceptionally preserved Ediacaran fossils in sandstone. (Image: Geology) Scientists solved how Ediacaran soft-bodied fossils survived in sandstone. Ancient seawater chemistry and ...

University of Rochester researchers studied Earth’s magnetic field during the transformative Ediacaran Period, which spanned from about 635 to 541 million years ago. The research raises questions ...