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 years ...

Researchers analyzed Y. yuanshi using synchrotron X-ray tomography to create 3D images of preserved internal structures ...

Rare fossils preserving the brains of creatures living more than half a billion years ago shed new light on the evolution of arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. Exquisitely preserved fossils ...

A tiny fossil of a sea creature that lived more than half a billion years ago sheds new light on the evolution of arthropods, ...

A team of scientists have discovered an ancient arthropod that may show the origins of branched limbs and the first gill-like breathing structures in the clade. Clare Watson is an Australian freelance ...

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