A remarkable fossilized larva has been discovered by scientists with its brain and guts still intact. The fossilized creature ...

A scientific discovery has brought a 520-million-year-old larva back to life in ways previously thought impossible. For the ...

Horseshoe crabs are marine arthropods that live primarily in and around shallow ocean waters on soft sandy or muddy bottoms. They occasionally come onto shore to mate. They are commonly used as ...

They’re also one of the world’s largest arthropods, animals with no backbone, external skeletons, and multiple-jointed appendages. In this crab’s case, those appendages are its 10 legs.

Horseshoe crabs have saved countless human lives, and now we should return the favor.” Horseshoe crabs are brown, body-armored arthropods with 10 eyes and a long, spiked tail. Despite their ...

"The cyclidans have been compared to many different arthropods, including trilobites, horseshoe crabs, true crabs and copepods," Greg explains. "In 1997, well-preserved fossils showed that they ...

Horseshoe crabs are brown, body-armored arthropods with 10 eyes and a long, spiked tail. Despite their intimidating appearance, they are completely harmless to humans. Each spring along the Atlantic ...