NANJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Scientists in China have unearthed a treasure trove of ancient fossils that is helping to rewrite the story of one of Earth's earliest and least-understood catastrophes: ...

Just over half a billion years ago, Earth was rocked by a global mass extinction event, a dramatic interruption of the ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than ...

Scientists discovered well-preserved marine fossils in southern China, uncovering a thriving deep-water ecosystem after a ...

The exceptionally well-preserved fossils shine a light on the mass extinction that brought an end to the "Biological Big Bang." ...

Around 540 million years ago, Earth's biosphere underwent a pivotal transformation, shifting from a microbe-dominated world to one teeming with animal ...

The new Huayuan biota provides a 'unique window' into the Sinsk mass extinction event.