Exquisitely preserved fossils of a shark that thrived during the Cretaceous period appear to solve a long-standing mystery around how it hunted and where it fits into the shark evolutionary tree.

In a Cambrian seascape, animals with complex bodies begin to take shape, leaving behind the first imprint of modern life. This moment, around 535 million years ago, marked the apparent beginning of ...

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 ...

The south coast of South Africa’s Western Cape province is a rich source of fossil tracks and traces – clues suggesting what ...