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

Focused on Cambrian fossils, the study reanimates a species long trapped in the pages of forgotten paleontology.

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles ...

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

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918, it was ...

Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal ...

A mysterious fossilized creature discovered more than a century ago has finally been decoded, offering stunning insights into ...

In the US, fire ants are also a major concern for allergy sufferers. This is an aggressive, hardy invasive species that took ...

The Mesozoic Era extinctions formed the world as we know it today. Read about what caused them and which animals survived.

Food Editor Emma Waldinger gets a taste of entomophagy — the practice of eating insects — in Madison. Literally.