This is definitely one creature you wouldn’t want to run into in a dark alley, at least if you were around 500 million years ago. There was only one opabiniid species thought to have existed. Opabinia ...

“As well as having their beautiful and striking golden color, these fossils are spectacularly preserved,” study co-author and University of Oxford paleontologist Luke Parry said in a statement. “They ...

Any way you look at it -- by sheer weight, species diversity or population -- the hard-shelled, joint-legged creepy crawlies called arthropods dominate planet Earth. Because of their success and ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. As part of long-term research on the canopy of subtropical rain forest in southeast Queensland, we have compared three common techniques ...

What better way to combine the spooky and the scientific than exploring real bones and skeletons from endemic Massachusetts ...

Family ties last 430 million years — at least for one newly discovered arthropod species. Researchers discovered the fossilized remains of Aquilonifer spinosus encased in carbonate from a formation ...

Minecraft has a lot of different types of creatures, but arthropods are perhaps the strangest category. Undead like zombies and skeletons come in a lot of forms but share a lot of traits as a family ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Amber preserves all sorts of fossils from mating termites to tiny ...