One of several Jianfengia fossil specimens: The animal's body plan is extremely simple, consisting of numerous identical segments. However, its head is like that of a more modern crustacean, with eyes ...

A new study by Prof. Ariel Chipman of The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem provides a novel model for understanding the development and evolution of ...

Scientists say a Chinese fossil site offers the first major look at life after the Sinsk mass extinction.

The Cambrian period, often celebrated for the “Cambrian explosion”, marked a pivotal phase in the history of life when early arthropods emerged and rapidly diversified. These organisms not only ...

The findings reveal that insects developed modern patterns of herbivory long before flowering plants flourished, upending a long-held hypothesis Jack Tamisiea Paleontologist Conrad Labandeira, the ...

Paleontologists have discovered that a three-eyed sea moth predator lived on Earth half a billion years ago with evidence found in one of the most fossil-rich areas of the world. The fossils of Mosura ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fossilization is a fickle process. Many fossils are fragmented, scattered (often broken) bones turned slowly to stone over ...

a, A complete specimen with antennae and limbs (USNM PAL 65510). b, Limbs of GSC 34695a showing various degrees of flexure and extension. The Burgess Shale in British Columbia is renowned for its ...

Researchers formally describe Helmetia expansa, offering new insights into its anatomy, behavior and evolutionary relationships. For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a ...

In a shocking revelation, a 444 million-year-old arthropod fossil has finally been identified by palaeontologists. Discovered 25 years ago by Sarah Gabbott, the specimen had been preserved inside out ...