It had been a long day of teaching for Rudy Lerosey-Aubril. As a reward, he returned to cleaning an intriguing Cambrian ...

This evening’s session at the 2026 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting focused on an often-overlooked culprit in dermatology: arthropods. Titled “What’s Bugging You? Arthropods of ...

Rudy Lerosey-Aubril A tiny claw in a 500-million-year-old fossil just rewrote the origin story of spiders. After a full da ...

What started as routine fossil cleaning turned into a major scientific surprise when researchers uncovered a tiny claw in a ...

Aubril. As a reward, he returned to cleaning an intriguing Cambrian arthropod fossil he had recently received for review. At ...

Early arthropod specimens don’t have claws like these. Instead, Cambrian arthropods usually have an antenna in that position.

Sphaerobolus stellatus, or Cannonball fungus, as it lands on nearby plants, could be spread by herbivores grazing and eliminating the spores from their systems.

A Cambrian fossil has been identified as the oldest known member of the chelicerates, a group that includes spiders and ...

An incredible fossil has become the oldest known chelicerate – the group of animals that includes spiders and scorpions.

Researchers argue that a newly examined specimen found decades ago in Utah provides new clues to the ancestors of ...

Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), such as dengue and Zika viruses, transmit widely across the globe, posing threats to ...

A breakthrough discovery in Utah has revealed a 500-million-year-old chelicera fossil that is the oldest known spider and ...