Scientists say a Chinese fossil site offers the first major look at life after the Sinsk mass extinction.

Researchers discovered 91 unknown species in a 512-million-year-old fossil trove in China's Hunan province.

Ancient sea organisms survived until a sudden extinction 550 million years ago, revealing what may be the first major mass extinction.

Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than a half billion years ago, showing a deep-water ecosystem thriving in the aftermath of the ...

Just over half a billion years ago, Earth was rocked by a global mass extinction event, a dramatic interruption of the Cambrian explosion of life on Earth. What happened next, in the direct aftermath ...

Now, a breakthrough by Chinese researchers has filled this gap by discovering a top-tier soft-bodied fossil deposit in Hunan province's Huayuan county — dating shortly after the Sinsk event. This ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...