When it comes to their size, elf owls live up to the diminutive stature of their fictional namesakes (at least if we discount ...

The arthropods can tailor their toxins depending on whether they are hunting prey or defending themselves from predators, ...

Governments are still using guidelines ghost-written by the chemical industry despite their devastating effect on ecosystems.

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Arthropods belong to an evolutionary branch – the ecdysozoa – that contains about half of all animal species, and the earliest fossil evidence of the group now dates back 550 million years ...

Capuchin monkeys use stones to pound open nuts on a solid surface, which is considered the most complex tool used by a ...

If you've noticed an increase in webs appearing around your neighborhood, there's no need to call Spider-Man. What you're ...

A worm-like creature preserved in ancient rock has just been identified as the oldest known relative of insects, spiders and crustaceans. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox! We'll also ...

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. In a report published Tuesday in the journal Current Biology, Parry and a team of researchers announced the fossil is a previously unknown species ...

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Scientists have identified Uncus dzaugisi, the oldest ecdysozoan fossil from the Precambrian period, confirming long-held ...

The fossil is of a small, worm-like creature named Uncus dzaugisi. The discovery fills a significant gap in the understanding of early animal evolution. “Scientists have hypothesized for decades that ...