Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.

This daily feast-and-famine cycle in oxygen availability created an intense physiological challenge for early animals, ...

The Cambrian Explosion saw an incredible diversity of life emerge, including many major animal groups alive today. Among them were the chordates, to which vertebrates (animals with backbones ...

Life was flourishing long before the Cambrian "explosion". The question of how so many immense changes occurred in such a short time is one that stirs scientists. Why did many fundamentally ...

Cambrian is hosting its annual Research and Innovation Week March 31 to April 4 at its BarryDowne campus in Greater Sudbury.

Visitors at the Miraculous Life in the Ancient Oceans: Exhibition of Premium Fossils from the Cambrian Chengjiang Biota, held at the Natural History Museum of China in Beijing. WANG QIAN/CHINA ...

Some animals could likely tell the difference between light and dark, but they never knew whether that looming shadow was a friend or foe. Then, at the beginning of the Cambrian Period, life opened ...

Lomankus is not just a fascinating creature in its own right – its very existence challenges the conventional wisdom about the fate of Cambrian life. The Cambrian explosion, which occurred ...

Cambrian College is expected to open Friday after problems with power closed its Barrydowne Road campus on Thursday.