Fossils of a new species of giant worm lizards with one huge bottom tooth and a powerful jaw that could squash snails’ shells ...

Arthropods belong to an evolutionary branch – the ecdysozoa – that contains about half of all animal species, and the earliest fossil evidence of the group now dates back 550 million years ...

One micrometre is just one thousandth of a millimetre. Dr Russell Garwood, from Manchester's School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, said: ‘This is an especially exciting find due to the age of ...

The fossil is of a small, worm-like creature named Uncus dzaugisi. The discovery fills a significant gap in the understanding of early animal evolution. “Scientists have hypothesized for decades that ...

Uncovering these fossils is a time-consuming and delicate process that involves peeling back layers of rock and piecing together fragments. The worm fossils were found in a fossil bed at Nilpena ...

The class can compare the number of worms found in different locations and discuss what this means for soil ... Soil is made up of smaller pieces of rocks and minerals as well as organic matter.

We had all sort of noticed this fishhook squiggle on the rock. It was pretty ... nematode and ruled out other worm types. "At this point we knew this was a new fossil animal and it belonged ...

We had all sort of noticed this fishhook squiggle on the rock. It was pretty ... nematode and ruled out other worm types. "At this point we knew this was a new fossil animal and it belong to ...

A team of deep sea explorers with the Schmidt Ocean Institute found a “fantastic” spiral on a square block off the coast of ...

layers of rock and soil hold evidence of past eras. Millions of years of pressure make the remains of ancient species turn from soft bone to hardened fossils. Here, paleontologists discovered the ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of a new group of extinct predators - which have been nicknamed 'terror beasts' worms. Fossil remains of these ancient creatures ...