Hidden high in the Canadian Rockies, the Burgess Shale is one of the most astonishing fossil sites ever discovered. This rocky formation exploded into scientific fame because it preserved bizarre ...

The fossils of the Burgess Shale have upended everything we thought we knew about evolution. Before their discovery, scientists believed life evolved in a slow, steady march from simple to complex.

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.

The Burgess Shale fossil sites, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980, are located within the Yoho and Kootenay National Parks.

Incredibly well-preserved fossils of the oldest swimming jellyfish, which lived 505 million years ago, were discovered at a famed fossil site in Canada. CNN values your feedback 1.

The newly named Burgessomedusa phasmiformis, which means Burgess Shale jellyfish with a ghostly form, was found among the fossils that had been collected from one of the sites at Yoho National ...

Researchers, including those from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), made the discovery based on some exceptionally well-preserved specimens unearthed at the Burgess Shale fossil site in Canada ...

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 ...

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.

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. Colette Derworiz, The ...