The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

Fossils of 444 million-year-old creatures whose bodies were preserved "inside-out" have been discovered in South Africa.

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A professor has published details of a rare "inside-out, legless, headless wonder" fossil from 444 million years ago, which ...

A rare fossil from 444 million years ago, which belonged to a previously-undiscovered species, has been named "Sue" after the mother of the palaeontologist who discovered it. Prof Sarah Gabbott has ...

All insects are arthropods, but not all arthropods are ... thousands or tens of thousands of species. For example, about 18,000 species of butterfly exist – think monarch, zebra swallowtail ...

Beetles alone account for almost one-third of the number, about 1.5 million species. By comparison, there are “only” an ...

Her subject matter is packed with surprises—did you know that mosquitos are flies, for example ... but humans and arthropods actually get much, much closer. In fact, we ourselves are home to several ...

Hundreds of animals, from tiny ants to mighty hippos, are shaping the Earth's surface as powerfully as floods and storms.

Hundreds of animals, from tiny ants to mighty hippos ... by altering how quickly water moves through landscapes for example, which reduces the severity of floods and droughts.