Animal life began in aquatic environments more than 600 million years ago. Around 500 million years ago, during the Cambrian ...

Evolution is a continuous, powerful force shaping the natural world around us. As environmental pressures intensify, future animal evolution is likely to produce fascinating and sometimes bizarre new ...

Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures that ...

The transition from water to land is a question that still intrigues scientists. Those ancient organisms would have needed to adapt to several new challenges to life out of water. So, how did they do ...

Until now, there was a conflict in the field of paleontology. Genetic analysis of how fast traits mutated and evolved ...

To understand the origins of multicelled life, researchers are studying a motley assortment of simpler animal relatives. The commonalities they’re unearthing offer a trove of clues about our mutual ...

Paleorex is back on Bored Panda with his detailed, science-based creatures, showing us how animals like big cats, birds, and reptiles might evolve in the future. In this article, we’re featuring even ...

Animals that adapt behaviorally may evolve physically more slowly, showing resilience rather than weakness in changing ...

The human ability to cook may seem ordinary, but it marks one of the most important evolutionary turning points in our ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Creature Evolution Simulator Design an ecosystem and watch your creatures evolve through millions of years by means of natural selection. See them fight for ...