Focused on Cambrian fossils, the study reanimates a species long trapped in the pages of forgotten paleontology.

In a quiet part of what is now South Australia, more than half a billion years ago, life was locked in battle. The ocean ...

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles ...

Have you ever wondered what the world looked like millions of years ago? Imagine walking in a place where every rock could ...

A remarkable fossilized larva has been discovered by scientists with its brain and guts still intact. The fossilized creature ...

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

The new study found the characteristics in Helmetia expansa differed from previous studies. It is said that these species had ...

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.

We know what fossils look like. For example ... of early arthropods—a group that came into being during the Cambrian Explosion and includes creatures like crabs, lobsters, insects, and millipedes.

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