A breakthrough discovery in Utah has revealed a 500-million-year-old chelicera fossil that is the oldest known spider and ...

A new analysis of a specimen found more than 40 years ago reveals the oldest known chelicerate, defined by its pair of pincer ...

Researchers argue that a newly examined specimen found decades ago in Utah provides new clues to the ancestors of ...

Early arthropod specimens don’t have claws like these. Instead, Cambrian arthropods usually have an antenna in that position.

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Hundreds of millions of years ago, a prehistoric river system became home to some of the largest arthropods ever to exist. Fossils reveal massive sea scorpion-like predators moving through shallow ...

Spiders are incredibly diverse and fascinating creatures. Without spiders, our world would be overrun with biting flies, buzzing mosquitoes, and other annoying pests. Although they sometimes get ...

If living long and prospering is a measure of success, then the arthropods are life's winners. These are the most common form of life: insects, spiders, crustaceans and centipedes, to name but a few.

It was once said that there were more cows in Vermont than people. Although this is no longer true, people and cows together (also sheep, dogs, cats, rodents, birds and all other two- and four-legged ...