Researchers analyzed Y. yuanshi using synchrotron X-ray tomography to create 3D images of preserved internal structures ...

Scientists have uncovered a 520-million-year-old arthropod larva fossil with remarkably preserved soft tissue, including a ...

A tiny fossil of a sea creature that lived more than half a billion years ago sheds new light on the evolution of arthropods, ...

An international team of scientists found fossil evidence of sea monsters, ancient predators that held power, in the waters of North Greenland.

Now, two well-preserved fossils of the creature unearthed in France have finally revealed what Arthropleura’s head looked like, providing insights into how the giant arthropod lived. Today, arthropods ...

Measuring our own heart rate seems like a straightforward idea, but how would you go about taking the pulse of a grasshopper ...

Researchers have wondered how an alligator-size arthropod lived more than 300 million years ago. The discovery of an intact Arthropleura head offers new insights.

450-million-year-old arthropod found preserved in fool’s gold Lomankus edgecombei and other arthropods are ‘like a biological Swiss army knife.’ Laura Baisas Oct 29, 2024 11:00 AM EDT ...

A new study published in Nature, led by ecologists from the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) at The University of Hong ...

Arthropods have an exoskeleton made of a tough material called chitin that is mineralized with calcium carbonate, as well as a body divided into segments and paired jointed appendages.

Animals “discovered” land well over 450 million years ago. Arthropods (joint-footed) are the earliest known terrestrial animals. The evidence lies in the fossilized trackways of some type of ...

Now, two well-preserved fossils of the creature unearthed in France have finally revealed what Arthropleura’s head looked like, providing insights into how the giant arthropod lived. Today ...