Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A variety of trilobite fossils embedded in sediment. Trilobites, a group of extinct marine arthropods, had a hidden third eye — ...

Trilobites are one of the most common creatures found in the fossil record, but now some particularly well-preserved specimens have revealed some intriguing new details. It turns out that trilobites ...

Scientists have just revealed their findings on what are being described as the most pristine trilobite fossils ever found. The fossils, which show both hard exterior features and soft inner tissues, ...

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The discovery of clasper limbs in a fossil suggests that some species of the ancient arthropods reproduced much like modern horseshoe crabs. By Jack Tamisiea The sturdy, calcite-infused exoskeletons ...

Oct. 17 (UPI) --Millions of years before "Conga," Gloria Estefan's hit single from the album Primitive Love, primitive arthropods were doing the dance on the bottom of the ocean floor. In a new study, ...

Richard Fortey, head of palaeontology at the Natural History Museum - Alamy ​Richard Fortey, who has died aged 79, enjoyed a long career as head of palaeontology at the Natural History ...

Ancient fossils are revealing unexpected chemical survivors, challenging long-held assumptions about how biological carbon is ...

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Fossil of Tsinania sirindhornae, a trilobite named in honor of the Thai Royal Princess and her dedication to advancing the sciences. Ten newly discovered species of trilobites, hidden for 490 million ...

The “king” of the trilobites was snacking on whatever it could eat some 514 million years ago in the Cambrian era, even shelled creatures of its own species. By Rebecca Dzombak Cannibalism is common ...

Nobody messes with the king. Well, except for the relentless passing of time. Scientists analyzing a large collection of trilobite specimens realized that one species, Redlichia takooensis, seemed to ...