Researchers found the right side of the 50-million-year-old amphisbaenian’s upper jaw and the left side of its lower jaw, ...

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 ...

Millions of years of pressure make the remains of ancient species turn from soft bone ... Amphisbaenians are a group of worm-like reptiles, typically limbless, that are long and thin like a ...

This ancient process, using rare dye-producing insects, made crimson a prestigious and valuable colour. The “scarlet worm” is mentioned 25 times in the Bible, often alongside other prised ...