High in Canada’s Rocky Mountains, the animals of an ancient ecosystem can be seen battling for life. The fossils of the Burgess Shale offer a glimpse at the incredible diversity of early life on ...

This animation created for Evolution: "Great Transformations" depicts creatures whose fossils were found at the Burgess Shale ... specialized functions. All animal evolution for the last half ...

Exquisitely preserved specimens from a rock formation known as the Burgess Shale in British Columbia give us a window into what these early animals looked like. But all of those species didn't ...

This animation created for Evolution: "Great Transformations" depicts creatures whose fossils were found at the Burgess Shale ... specialized functions. All animal evolution for the last half ...

There in the Burgess Shale, we could see the cousins of the creatures that gave rise to all animals, including those with backbones like us. These variations on an ancient theme help us understand ...

The Burgess Shale fossil site, well known for its fossil remains of soft-bodied marine animals, is also found there. Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 Les parcs nationaux ...