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 ...

The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

Paleontologists in England discovered the existence of a new marine species that roamed the Earth before the dinosaurs and ...

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

If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. All insects are arthropods, but not all arthropods are insects. For instance, spiders, lobsters and millipedes are ...

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