A new fossil find reveals that in an ancient arthropod species, no animal was an island. The discovery of 525-million-year-old fossils belonging to a new species of arthropod shows that these animals ...

Newly discovered fossils of a giant, extinct sea creature show it had modified legs, gills on its back, and a filter system for feeding -- providing key evidence about the early evolution of ...

The evolutionary innovations of insects and other arthropods are as numerous as they are wondrous, from terrifying fangs and stingers to exquisitely colored wings and ingenious feats of engineering.

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For nearly two centuries, scientists have tried to solve an enduring mystery about a giant millipede-like animal named Arthropleura that used its many legs to roam Earth more than 300 million years ...

Scientists have unearthed extraordinarily preserved fossils of a 520-million-year-old sea creature, one of the earliest animal fossils ever found, according to a new study. The fossilized animal, an ...

Do you know what the largest and most diverse group within the animal kingdom is? Arthropods, known for their segmented body parts, out number all the rest! This group includes insects, arachnids, ...

Rusty red stains on the head of a fossilized segmented creature found in southwestern China are a paleontological record-breaker: They are the remains of the oldest arthropod brain ever found. The ...

It was only a little more than a century ago that the first great strides were taken in recognizing the role of arthropods as 'vectors' capable of transmitting pathogens that cause disease in humans ...

The story of how animals first set foot out of the water and onto land just became more complex. Fossil evidence reveals that molluscs may have been among the first animals to spend time out of the ...

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 arthropod ...