Ecological reconstruction of Kylinxia zhangi. (Artwork by D.-Y. Huang & H. Zeng) Holotype of Kylinxia zhangi. (Photo by D.-Y. Huang & H. Zeng) (CN) — An extinct shrimp is set to make a big splash in ...

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 ...

The Cambrian period, often celebrated for the “Cambrian explosion”, marked a pivotal phase in the history of life when early arthropods emerged and rapidly diversified. These organisms not only ...

Rare fossils preserving the brains of creatures living more than half a billion years ago shed new light on the evolution of arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. Exquisitely preserved fossils ...

The first study to evaluate the biodiversity of arthropods in U.S. homes finds that humans share their houses with any of more than 500 different kinds of arthropods - at least on a short-term basis.

The University of Wisconsin Insect Diagnostic Lab Director PJ Liesch, also known as the Wisconsin Bug Guy, studies several insect species across the state of Wisconsin. Liesch’s interest in insects ...

The arthropod fossil used to describe a new species (left) and CT scans of the specimen (right) Luke Parry (photograph), Yu Liu, Ruixin Ran (3D models). Edited by Emily Lankiewicz Long ago, an unlucky ...

Join us for this free family-friendly event to get up close and hands-on with live animals from SaveNature.Org's Insect Discovery Lab! Meet a variety of arthropods from around the world, like the ...

Fossils of a tiny sea creature that died more than half a billion years ago may compel a science textbook rewrite of how brains evolved. A study published in Science – led by Nicholas Strausfeld, a ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 13, 2019) Research from Germany shows a steep decline of arthropod (insect and spider) populations in grasslands and forests. These data add to the growing body of ...