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

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

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

Arthropods, a group that includes insects ... short-germ and long-germ development—terms that refer to how many segments are defined early in an embryo’s life—but also reframes the role ...

A mysterious fossilized creature discovered more than a century ago has finally been decoded, offering stunning insights into ...

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 ...

A paleontologist at the University of Leicester has described a new genus and species of enigmatic multisegmented arthropod using a fossilized specimen found over two decades ago in South Africa.

A 444 million-year-old arthropod fossil, discovered 25 years ago, has been identified. The fossil, named Keurbos susanae, was found in South Africa's Soom Shale. Unusually, it's preserved inside ...

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918, it was initially classified as a crustacean.

The fickleness of April is well-known. So much of spring, and gardening, seems to be holding one’s breath: frosts, varmints, ...