The species belongs to a group of arthropods nicknamed "sea moths" that use a flap-like apparatus similar to wings to help them swim, the authors said in a statement.The mechanism gives the ...

Here’s how an arthropod pulls off the world’s fastest backflip. Springtails can reach a spin rate of 368 rotations per second in the blink of an eye.

Many present-day arthropods, such as crustaceans, have combined these two flaps, forming legs. “You can then connect muscles between those different segments,” says Van Roy.

Researchers have wondered how an alligator-size arthropod lived more than 300 million years ago. The discovery of an intact Arthropleura head offers new insights.

“The evolution of biramous appendages revealed by a carapace-bearing Cambrian arthropod,” Phil Trans R Soc B, 377:20210034, 2022. Ancestral Bacteria May Have Invaded Early Eukaryotic Cells . Prev. Now ...

Way, way, way back then and now. Given its physical characteristics, the researchers think that Y. yuanshi displays features of both extinct and extant arthropods.Some are ancestral ...

Researchers have wondered how an alligator-size arthropod lived more than 300 million years ago. The discovery of an intact Arthropleura head offers new insights.

Entomologist’s free coloring book on arthropods is a fun, informative tool for young naturalists February 6, 2021 More than 4 years ago Scorpions are members of the phylum Arthropoda.

This Bizarre Creature Flew Its Babies Like Kites. In a first for arthropods, the spiny animal kept its brood tethered to its body as it swam Earth’s seas 430 million years ago.

Panama’s San Lorenzo forest reserve is around the size of Manhattan. For two years, this small area was host to 102 scientists, working together to count everything that crept and crawled. They ...

It's well-known that the world's rain forests contain an enormous variety of arthropods, the group of animals that includes insects and spiders. But a new study shows that this variety is simply ...