Researchers have wondered how an alligator-size arthropod lived more than 300 million years ago. The discovery of an intact Arthropleura head offers new insights.

Researchers have wondered how an alligator-size arthropod lived more than 300 million years ago. The discovery of an intact Arthropleura head offers new insights.

Fossils of 444 million-year-old creatures whose bodies were preserved "inside-out" have been discovered in South Africa.

A creature that scuttled along the seafloor 450 million years ago has been preserved in a rare and striking fossil that formed in fool’s gold.

The fossils of Mosura fentoni -- a species of arthropod that lived in the Cambrian Period -- were discovered in Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies, a region known for its exceptional ...

The largest arthropod to ever live finally has a head . Scientists have been looking for Arthropleura’s fossilized head for over 100 years.

Durham University researchers discover Youti yuanshi, a fossil revealing the ancient ancestors of insects and their evolution ...

An illustration of Lomankus edgecombei. This arthropod lived about 538 to 485 million years ago in dark and low-oxygen environments. Xiaodong Wang ...

Is there a limit to how small an adult arthropod can be? If so, what is the reason for the limit? David Bortin Whittier, California, US. Arthropods, like everything else, must have a theoretical ...

A newly discovered three-eyed relative is disappointingly unrelated to the eerie three-eyed ravens of Game of Thrones.But this Cambrian-era beast is a relative of today’s insects and boasts some ...

Researchers have wondered how an alligator-size arthropod lived more than 300 million years ago. The discovery of an intact Arthropleura head offers new insights.