Newly discovered fossils of a giant, extinct sea creature show it had modified legs, gills on its back, and a filter system for feeding -- providing key evidence about the early evolution of ...

Discusses arthropods, a diverse group of animals characterized by jointed legs, exoskeletons, and segmented bodies. It highlights four main classifications of arthropods: myriapods (like millipedes), ...

A new study published in Nature, led by ecologists from the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), finds that intensifying El Niño events, driven by climate change, ...

A clue to how arthropods--the group of more than a million invertebrate species that includes insects, spiders and crustaceans--evolved their distinctive jointed legs has been discovered in ...

A clue to how arthropods — the group of more than a million invertebrate species that includes insects, spiders and crustaceans — evolved their distinctive jointed legs has been discovered in ...