Researchers have long assumed that a tube in the famous Pikaia fossil ran along the animal’s back. But a new study turned the fossil upside down. By Carl Zimmer Over the past 500 million years, ...

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Meet the 505-million-year-old Pikaia gracilens. Everything we know of this prehistoric “fish-like worm” is discerned from its fossils, but a close investigation reveals that these wiggly little guys ...

When it comes to planning a trip to the Galápagos-an archipelago of 20 islands, many of them uninhabited, each with its own unique landscapes and wildlife-most travelers opt to visit on a cruise. But ...

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The Proposition: Land-based luxury (with infinity pool, spa, and dining) has come to the Galápagos, a top destination for wildlife enthusiasts. The Pikaia Lodge is a sustainable, eco-friendly ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Charles Darwin was a solemn old man with a furrowed brow and a beard big enough for birds to nest in – or so the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An extinct ribbonlike sea creature about the size of a human thumb was one of the earliest animals to evolve a precursor of a ...