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

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

It’s a genuinely fascinating species; still, few people are familiar with it. The mighty Coconut Carb, Birgus latro, is the largest land-living arthropod. Image via depositphotos From its peculiar ...

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Hawaiian scientists discover a carnivorous caterpillar that decorates its shell with the body parts of dead insects ...

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

“We are now sure she was a primitive marine arthropod but her precise evolutionary relationships remain frustratingly ... ago at a time when a devastating glaciation had wiped out about 85% of Earth’s ...

Like hermit crabs, these caterpillars carry their cases with them as they move before emerging from them as full grown moths.