Invertebrates dominate the animal kingdom, making up 97 percent of all creatures. These animals, lacking a backbone, display ...

Imagine a millipede so large it could be mistaken for a small car. That was Arthropleura, the largest land arthropod known to science. Fossils show it roamed the Carboniferous forests, feeding on ...

Measuring our own heart rate seems like a straightforward idea, but how would you go about taking the pulse of a grasshopper or a spider? A new technique has been developed to measure the heart rate ...

Despite differences in shape and size all insects are characterized by a body organization that includes three units: a head, thorax and abdomen (panels A-B). In contrast all spiders (and other ...

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The film explores the diverse world of crustaceans, highlighting their significance in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. It discusses various types of crustaceans, including shrimp, fairy shrimp, ...

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veracode, a global leader in application risk management, today announced it has acquired certain assets of Phylum, Inc., including its malicious package analysis, ...

The arthropods can tailor their toxins depending on whether they are hunting prey or defending themselves from predators, according to a new study. By Andrew Chapman A giant centipede’s many wriggling ...

The arthropod fossil used to describe a new species (left) and CT scans of the specimen (right) Luke Parry (photograph), Yu Liu, Ruixin Ran (3D models). Edited by Emily Lankiewicz Long ago, an unlucky ...

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For nearly two centuries, scientists have tried to solve an enduring mystery about a giant millipede-like animal named Arthropleura that used its many legs to roam Earth more than 300 million years ...

Move over, Simone Biles. Nature’s gold medalist for backflips is a millimeter-tall arthropod that can barely straddle the tip of a pencil. “Nothing on Earth does a backflip faster than a globular ...