Researchers have discovered how the brain of the largest animal group evolved after finding the remains of a microscopic, worm-like creature that lived half a billion years ago. The creature died ...

A Youti yuanshi fossil shows the role fledgling nervous systems played in the evolution of arthropods. Sometimes daydreams turn into reality. As an undergrad, Martin Smith remembers attending a ...

If you think finding a needle in a haystack sounds challenging, try searching for fossils the size of fingernail clippings in massive slabs of rock. But that's just what a team of scientists is doing ...

The larva fossil, called Youti yuanshi, discovered in China, belongs to an early arthropod. (Natural History Museum/ © Smith et al. 2024/CC-BY 4.0) A 520-million ...

Around half a billion years ago, in what is now the Yunnan Province of China, a tiny larva was trapped in mud. Hundreds of millions of years later, after the mud had long since become the black shales ...

View post: Up to 7 Feet of Snow and 70 MPH Winds in 12 States as National Weather Service Issues Winter Storm Warnings A half-billion-year-old fossil was found with intact internal organs, including ...

Scottish sports journalist and content creator. After running his own soccer-related projects, in 2022 he joined Diario AS, where he mainly reports on the biggest news from around Europe’s leading ...