For more than half a century, some of Earth’s strangest fossils looked like they had washed in from an alien world. Pillow-shaped impressions, quilted fronds and ribbed disks sat in museum drawers, ...

Half a billion years ago, a shallow sea in what is now Siberia teemed with creatures that look more like science fiction than prehistory. Locked in that ancient seabed, scientists have now identified ...

Let’s not waste any time here. Paste staff and contributors came together to build a definitive ranking of the greatest ...