An international team of researchers discovered a new specimen called Quaestio simpsonorum—a pancake-shaped creature that ...

The Cryogenian glaciations also represent a critical moment in the history of life. Molecular and fossil evidence suggests ...

A recent study suggests that by the Neoproterozoic period, distinct lineages of amoebae, as well as the ancestors of plants, ...

Specifically, these rocks would show the point when Earth moved from the Tonian period (1 billion to 720 million years ago) to the Cryogenian period (720 million to 635 million years ago).

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Research has shown the complex history behind this gap of missing time ...

For now he's making do with a carrot Elias has taken many of the judges of the golden spike, formally known as members of the “Cryogenian sub-commission”, several times to the rock faces to ...