Scientists have just revealed their findings on what are being described as the most pristine trilobite fossils ever found. The fossils, which show both hard exterior features and soft inner tissues, ...

A fossil bed in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco is allowing new insights into the anatomies of arthropods that lived a half-billion years ago. By Jack Tamisiea Jack Tamisiea has previously ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

Richard Fortey, head of palaeontology at the Natural History Museum - Alamy ​Richard Fortey, who has died aged 79, enjoyed a long career as head of palaeontology at the Natural History ...

Researchers describe unusual trilobite fossils prepared as thin sections showing the 3D soft tissues during enrollment. The study reveals the soft undersides of enrolled trilobites and the ...

(CN) — In Morocco, researchers have unearthed remarkably well-preserved trilobite fossils, offering a clearer glimpse into their Cambrian-era anatomy than ever before. Researchers detailed their ...

Artistic reconstruction of two species of trilobite an instant before burial in a flow of volcanic ash 510 million years ago. Researchers have described some of the best-preserved three-dimensional ...

A new study finds that a trilobite species with exceptionally well-preserved fossils from upstate New York has an additional set of legs underneath its head. The research, led by the American Museum ...

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 ...

You probably don’t think twice when you queue up at the grocery store or join a conga line at a wedding. But this type of single-file organization is a sophisticated form of collective social behavior ...

Despite how Ross’ paleontology career is treated by his companions in Friends, there’s something special about finding the remains of creatures that lived millions if not billions of years before us.