Long ago, an unlucky arthropod was buried alive in a submarine landslide. Its memory, however, would be immortalized in the most glorious of ways: 450 million years later, scientists have uncovered ...

The arthropod Arthropleura is the largest known arthropod ever to inhabit the Earth. The giant arthropod ‘Arthropleura', which roamed the Earth over 300 million years ago, combined traits of ...

Now, two well-preserved fossils of the creature unearthed in France have finally revealed what Arthropleura’s head looked like, providing insights into how the giant arthropod lived. Today ...

That was the case for Luke Parry, a paleobiology professor at Oxford University, who this week announced he'd unearthed a fossil in New York state that is perfectly and beautifully preserved in pyrite ...

Soil arthropods contribute to terrestrial ecosystem functions and services. Previous studies have mainly focused on specific arthropod and non-arthropod taxonomic groups at various geographic scales.

(CNN) — For nearly two centuries, scientists have tried to solve an enduring mystery about a giant millipede-like animal named Arthropleura that used its many legs to roam Earth more than 300 ...

Now, two well-preserved fossils of the creature unearthed in France have finally revealed what Arthropleura’s head looked like, providing insights into how the giant arthropod lived. Today, arthropods ...