A new study by Prof. Ariel Chipman of The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ...

New study sheds light on how insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other arthropods evolved their distinct body structures. By tracing these patterns ...

Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...

Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to ...

A 444 million-year-old arthropod fossil, discovered 25 years ago, has been identified. The fossil, named Keurbos susanae, was ...

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

Focused on Cambrian fossils, the study reanimates a species long trapped in the pages of forgotten paleontology.

For years, a mysterious fossil specimen defied categorization, until one paleontologist made a surprising discovery.

E xtraordinary behavior has been reported in a species of Hyposmocoma caterpillars. Although the species is yet to be given a ...

Researchers formally describe Helmetia expansa, offering new insights into its anatomy, behavior and evolutionary relationships.

And yet her durable carapace, legs, and head are missing – lost to decay over 440 million years ago,” Gabbott said in a press release. “We are now sure she was a primitive marine arthropod, but her ...