Scientists use cutting edge scanning technology to reconstruct 'fossil monster' that lived half a billion years ago. The creature's soft anatomy was well-preserved, allowing it to be imaged almost ...

One of several Jianfengia fossil specimens: The animal's body plan is extremely simple, consisting of numerous identical segments. However, its head is like that of a more modern crustacean, with eyes ...

A strange tiny species of crustacean has challenged the way we think about natural selection and evolution. This microscopic animal, known as a water flea or Daphnia pulex, generates genetic variation ...

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Despite differences in shape and size all insects are characterized by a body organization that includes three units: a head, thorax and abdomen (panels A-B). In contrast all spiders (and other ...

New research provide evidence that the crustacean carapace, along with other plate-like structures in arthropods (crustaceans, insects, arachnids, and myriapods) all evolved from a lateral leg lobe in ...

Caterpillar of Papilio machaon butterfly with orange and black spots Scientists have finally figured out where caterpillars got their extra sets of legs from. Turns out, these chubby little limbs ...

CT images of the fossil animal Kylinxia zhangi from southern China, courtesy of Professor Yu Liu, Yunnan University. The animal is the size of a large shrimp, with its front end to the right. The top ...