Paleontologists in England discovered the existence of a new marine species that roamed the Earth before the dinosaurs and ...

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles ...

This new species of ancient arthropod has been affectionately named Sue and scientifically dubbed Keurbos susanae.

A paleontologist discovered a new species of fossil from 444 million years ago she calls an "inside-out, legless, headless ...

"We are now sure she was a primitive marine arthropod, but her precise evolutionary relationships remain frustratingly ...

Mariella is an assistant editor at The Scientist. She has a background in neuroscience, and her work has appeared in Drug Discovery News and Massive Science. View Full Profile. Learn about our ...

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Now, researchers have revealed how this ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Finding intact fossils of hardened bone and teeth can be difficult on its own, but the ...

Since the 1970s, populations of arthropods—a group of animals that includes exoskeleton-bearing critters such as insects, spiders, centipedes, and millipedes—in the Puerto Rican rainforest have ...

The University of Wisconsin Insect Diagnostic Lab Director PJ Liesch, also known as the Wisconsin Bug Guy, studies several insect species across the state of Wisconsin. Liesch’s interest in insects ...