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

A fresh look at a fossil found more than 40 years ago points to the origins of a widespread group of arthropods called ...

Around half a billion years ago, in what is now the Yunnan Province of China, a tiny larva was trapped in mud. Hundreds of millions of years later, after the mud had long since become the black shales ...

This evening’s session at the 2026 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting focused on an often-overlooked culprit in dermatology: arthropods. Titled “What’s Bugging You? Arthropods of ...

Like all arthropods, crabs must shed their tough exoskeleton to grow to a larger size. The video from the Shape of Life ...

Arthropods crawl and buzz around us in the wild and on farmlands, on the street and at home, under our floors and in our plumbing systems, even in our food and on our bodies. But while we often are ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest record of arthropods -- invertebrate animals that include insects, arachnids, and crustaceans -- preserved in amber. The specimens, one fly and two mites found in ...