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Illustration of Ediacaran life forms on the seafloor

Rise of collagen-eating microbes may help explain gaps in the fossil record

08 Oct 2026
Researchers may have uncovered the reason why some of Earth’s earliest animals were commonly preserved as fossils – even though they were essentially...
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Heliocolocellus fossil

‘Missing’ sea sponges discovered

05 Jun 2024
The discovery, published in Nature, opens a new window on early animal evolution.
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Half billion-year-old 'social network' observed in early animals

05 Mar 2020
Some of the first animals on Earth were connected by networks of thread-like filaments, the earliest evidence yet found of life being connected in...
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The Ediacaran fossil Dickinsonia costata, specimen P40135 from the collections of the South Australia Museum, Adelaide

‘Mysterious’ ancient creature was definitely an animal, research confirms

15 Sep 2017
It lived well over 550 million years ago, is known only through fossils and has variously been described as looking a bit like a jellyfish, a worm, a...
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Image of specimen

Fossilised dinosaur brain tissue identified for the first time

27 Oct 2016
Researchers have identified the first known example of fossilised brain tissue in a dinosaur from Sussex. The tissues resemble those seen in modern...
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Fossil of Haootia quadriformis

Animals first flex their muscles

27 Aug 2014
A new fossil discovery identifies the earliest evidence for animals with muscles.
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Casts of fossils such as this beautiful Fractofusus specimen from Newfoundland are on display

A snapshot of life 560 million years ago

10 Mar 2014
A new display at the Sedgwick Museum focuses on the latest research into a group of fossils that might be the earliest examples of animals ever found...
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