Like other Megacheirans, Lomankus is an example of an arthropod with an adaptable head and specialized appendages (a scorpion ...

Paleontologists have identified fossils of an ancient species of bug that spent the past 450 million years covered in fool's ...

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When he saw the ripples encased within them, Jay Anderson knew there was something unique about the pieces of rock dislodged from a boulder in his Steele County gravel pit. Months later, those ripples ...

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A crucial task for paleontologists and paleobiologists is the reconstruction of the appearance, movements, and behavior of extinct vertebrates from studies of their bones or other, more rarely ...

Even crocodiles can set Guinness World Records. Cassius, an Australian saltwater crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus ), set the ...

Hard to believe, but it is true,” said Dr. Michael Kjelland, Associate Professor of Biology at Mayville State University. “In ...

Blob is a very simple invertebrate, just like worms or jellyfish. Over 96% of all the animal species on Earth are invertebrate. They can be tiny like an insect or huge like the giant squid.

A research group may have unraveled the mystery behind the locomotion of the ancient marine reptile, the plesiosaur, by ...

The transition from water to land is one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth. Now, a team of ...