Today, Earth is home to animals of all shapes and ... and evolved over millions of years of evolution. But what was the first animal on the planet? The answer to this question is heavily debated ...

In 2020, researchers shared with the world about ... anaerobic non-animal organisms." Though the lack of respiratory genes was a new finding, this was not the first time researchers had seen ...

The story of the team’s incredible discoveries is told in First Animals, a documentary from The Nature of Things. ‘The world’s most important animal fossils’ The fossils of the Burgess ...

Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world—they are its architects ... of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), this first-of-its-kind global synthesis identifies 603 species ...

Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth, and they're also one of the most unique-looking animals. With their characteristic long trunks, floppy ears and thick legs, there is no other ...

Scientists have discovered traces of life more than half-a-billion years old that could change the way we think about how all animals evolved on earth. The international team, including ...

We captured our expedition to find fossils, and even some previously unknown species, in First Animals, a documentary from The Nature of Things. An incredible look at Earth’s distant past Since ...