Trace fossils are the tracks and burrows left by living organisms, not physical remains such as bones or body parts. The fossils were discovered in sediment in the Corumbá region of western Brazil, ...

The new species would have resembled the iconic "sandworms" from the science fiction franchise "Dune", one researcher said.

Researchers discover 50-million-year-old animal from Tunisia could crack snail shells with its powerful jaws. The discovery ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a new fossil worm lizard species in Tunisia ... probably too large to live exclusively in burrows. The researchers therefore assume that ...

Animal diversity expanded alongside novel burrowing strategies and colonization of the water column ... dating to over 518 ...

They show an organism was there, but are not the actual organism itself (which would be a body fossil). Dinosaur footprints and worm burrows are examples of trace fossils, as are coprolites ...

A worm-like creature preserved in ancient rock has just been identified as the oldest known relative of insects, spiders and crustaceans.

The fossil is of a small, worm-like creature named Uncus dzaugisi. The discovery fills a significant gap in the understanding of early animal evolution. “Scientists have hypothesized for decades ...

But a UC Riverside-led team has now identified the oldest known ecdysozoan in the fossil record and the only one from the Precambrian period. Their discovery of Uncus dzaugisi, a worm-like ...

It was relatively easy to tell which corals were inhabited by the worms because of the burrowing lines they made on their surface. They also noted that the worm species had only been observed and ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of a new group of extinct predators - which have been nicknamed 'terror beasts' worms. Fossil remains of these ancient creatures ...