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 ...

One hundred years after Charles Doolittle Walcott found a wealth of Cambrian fossils in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Desmond Collins reflects on the bumpy road of their classification.

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 ...

Like other Burgess Shale creatures, many Mosura specimens were well preserved, ... But often it’s not so easy to do this for ourselves. Here are some tips. A More Effective Mammogram: ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." The 500-million-year-old Burgess Shale is home to a newly-identified species. Balhuticaris voltae ...

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 508-million-year-old fossil discovered in the mountains of British Columbia has been dubbed the oldest adult swimming jellyfish ever found by paleontologists looking to understand soft-bodied ...

The Royal Ontario Museum says it has discovered the oldest-known swimming jellyfish in the fossil record from specimens collected at the Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies.

The Royal Ontario Museum says it has discovered the oldest-known swimming jellyfish in the fossil record from specimens collected at the Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies.