Researchers have long assumed that a tube in the famous Pikaia fossil ran along the animal’s back. But a new study turned the fossil upside down. By Carl Zimmer See more of our coverage in your search ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An extinct ribbonlike sea creature about the size of a human thumb was one of the earliest animals to evolve a precursor of a ...

When it comes to planning a trip to the Galápagos-an archipelago of 20 islands, many of them uninhabited, each with its own unique landscapes and wildlife-most travelers opt to visit on a cruise. But ...

A team of marine biologists, Earth scientists and evolutionary specialists affiliated with several institutions in the U.K., has found that prior researchers studying a fossil of an ancient sea ...

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GALAPAGOS — I’m balanced on the edge of a small dinghy as it cuts through the water off the coast of Santa Cruz. There are eight of us onboard, plus a guide and our captain, the hum of the motor ...

Meet the 505-million-year-old Pikaia gracilens. Everything we know of this prehistoric “fish-like worm” is discerned from its fossils, but a close investigation reveals that these wiggly little guys ...

An expedition to the Galápagos Islands to view the wildlife and scenery that inspired Charles Darwin is, by almost any measure, a trip of a lifetime. But despite the time and expense involved in ...

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