The palaeontologists suggested that Kimberella was likely one of the most advanced creatures of the Ediacaran era with a mouth and a gut and digested food the same way modern animals do.

Then in the Ediacaran era, about 635 million to 541 million years ago soft-bodied animal-like life forms emerged as dissolved sea water phosphorous concentration increased following intense global ...

The Ediacaran seafloor provides a snapshot of Earth before animals began burrowing through the sediment. The ancient ecosystem is vividly captured under thick layers of microbial mats, eventually ...

First Mass Extinction Of Animals Took Place 550 Million Years Ago: Study Scott Evans, a researcher at Virginia Tech College of Science, compiled data on rare Ediacaran-era fossils of squishier ...

Earth’s magnetic field was once 30 times weaker than it is today. This change may have played a pivotal role in the blossoming of complex life, new research found.

The Ediacaran period was the precursor to the Cambrian (about 541 Ma to 485.4 Ma) when the earth witnessed an explosion of life forms, and much of which makes up modern animal life today.

The 700–1,300 feet-wide space rock deformed rocks more than six miles from the impact site when it hit 600 million years ago.

An international team of scientists say they have new insight into how the very earliest animals survived after traces of what they described as the world’s oldest meal were found in a 550 ...

Then in the Ediacaran era, about 635 million to 541 million years ago soft-bodied animal-like life forms emerged as dissolved sea water phosphorous concentration increased following intense global ...