Scientists have uncovered a remarkable fossil from Canada's Burgess Shale, a discovery that reshapes how the evolution of arthropods is understood. This new find, named Mosura fentoni, lived ...

The Burgess Shale sits high in the Canadian Rockies, within Yoho National Park, surrounded by peaks that seem to scrape the sky. Discovered in 1909, this remote outcrop is more than just a pile of ...

This 505-million-year-old swimming jellyfish from the Burgess Shale highlights diversity in the Cambrian ecosystem. Skip to main content. Your source for the latest research news.

500-million year old jellyfish fossil discovered Burgess Shale after century-long search After a century-long search, paleontologists say they discovered an ancient jellyfish whose body resembles ...

The Burgess Shale was first discovered in 1909 by Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The 508 million-year-old site is a gold mine of well-preserved ...

A newly described species from the Burgess Shale had three eyes, clawed limbs, and a tail full of gills—plus internal organs preserved in stunning detail.

The jellyfish specimens were found in the Burgess Shale, a fossil-rich site in the Canadian Rockies that provides a glimpse of life during Earth’s Cambrian explosion.

In a surprising twist, a tweet on July 11, announcing an upcoming paper about a new Burgess Shale creature, received nearly 8,000 likes and over 2,000 retweets. The gigantic bivalved arthropod ...

“Previous conceptions were that these animals would have seen the Burgess Shale fauna as a smorgasbord, going after anything they wanted to, but we’re finding that the dynamics of the Cambrian ...

Like other Burgess Shale creatures, many Mosura specimens were well preserved, retaining features like digestive tracts and circulatory systems. Some even possessed traces of nerve bundles in each ...

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Paleontologists have discovered a three-eyed creature with a pencil sharpener-like mouth that roamed the sea for prey more than 500 million years ago. The fossilized remains of one Mosura fentoni ...