A fossilized larva dating back over half a billion years has been discovered with its brain, digestive system, and nerve ...

A half-billion-year-old fossil was found with intact internal organs, including its brain. 3D models revealed detailed anatomy; the fossil represents an early arthropod ancestor. Discovery aids ...

"The chances of finding one fossilized are practically zero," said one of the scientists who is researching the specimen Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer ...

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The fossil’s internal organs are almost perfectly preserved, providing researchers with rare insight into the early ancestors of today’s arthropods Arthropods include modern-day animals like crabs, ...

A fossil uncovered by chance on a remote beach in northern England has revealed one of the most extraordinary creatures to ...

Scientists have discovered a rare, 520-million-year-old fossil with a highly unusual detail: its internal organs are preserved. The findings were published in Nature, a peer-reviewed scientific ...

One of the planet’s most successful arthropods, trilobites, abounded in the oceans from about 520 million to 250 million years ago. Trilobite exoskeletons are found on all seven continents and are a ...

A remarkably preserved horseshoe crab fossil from North America offers rare insight into some of the earliest known cases of animal disease in a Late Carboniferous swamp – more than 300 million years ...

A Mazon Creek fossil shows a horseshoe crab riddled with pits, likely from microbes or parasites, revealing a 300-million-year-old infection.