Molting is one of a tarantula’s greatest superpowers. They shed their old skin to become something bigger, stronger, and more mature. As this happens, the spider undergoes a transformation few have ...

Have you noticed the feeders have become quiet by early August? Where have all the birds gone? Well, the breeding season is nearly over for all but the American goldfinches, some mourning doves and ...

Helmetia expansa was found to have walking legs and molting behavior, changing assumptions about its mobility and growth. For more than a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a ...

The Cambrian explosion, over 500 million years ago, gave rise to many bizarre and complex life forms. Some were short-lived and mysterious, and vanished without a trace. Others left behind fossils so ...

Researchers formally describe Helmetia expansa, offering new insights into its anatomy, behavior and evolutionary relationships. For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a ...

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918, it was initially classified as a crustacean. Despite ...

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918, it was initially classified as a crustacean. Despite ...

Photo Caption: Margot, the Wellsummer, went through an ugly molting season. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.) It’s fall, and your chicken coop looks like a massacre happened inside with the number of ...

The arthropod Arthropleura is the largest known arthropod ever to inhabit the Earth. The giant arthropod ‘Arthropleura', which roamed the Earth over 300 million years ago, combined traits of ...

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