Diverse molecular data sources support a close relationship between hexapods and crustaceans (collectively known as Tetraconata or Pancrustacea), either as sister taxa 6, a result also favoured by ...

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 million years ...

A new study from the rainforests of Panama provides an unprecedented level of detail regarding the diversity and distribution of arthropod species from the soil to the forest canopy. Yves Basset, ...

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Any way you look at it -- by sheer weight, species diversity or population -- the hard-shelled, joint-legged creepy crawlies called arthropods dominate planet Earth. Because of their success and ...

An international team of scientists report in the journal Genome Biology results from a pilot project, co-led by Robert Waterhouse, Group Leader at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and ...

Arthropod animals were moulting to make room for growth more than 500 million years ago, fossil evidence confirms. Scientists have long believed these creatures shed their hard, outer layers, just ...

Two newly discovered fossils are helping scientists wrap their heads around the anatomy of the largest arthropod of all time — a millipede that grew longer than a king-sized bed and lived between 346 ...

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