arthropod

A team of scientists have discovered an ancient arthropod that may show the origins of branched limbs and the first gill-like breathing structures in the clade.

A handful of new studies moves the needle toward a consensus on the long-disputed question of whether insect wings evolved from legs or from the body wall, but the devil is in the details.

University of Connecticut entomologist David Wagner speaks with The Scientist about his biggest concerns for global insect populations and recommendations for actions to help save these tiny but important creatures.

Researchers use advanced imaging techniques to see what happens when a male and a female mate.

Over the course of their lives, the jumping spider Synemosyna formica wears two different ant disguises to fool preying birds.

The study authors attribute the decreases to climate change.

Authors of a new study suggest that 520-million-year-old structures, previously identified as the brains of ancient arthropods, are instead preserved microbial biofilms.

The chelicerates’ unique anatomical features make them useful analogs to extinct arthropods.

Scientists study the unusual genome evolution of the bacteria that live within a genus of cicadas. 

Scientists explore why male peacock spiders are so colorful. 

Scientists have developed a computer tomography device capable of visualizing objects at nanoscale. 

This lifelike replica of the one-centimeter, 500-million-year-old arthropod Agnostus pisiformis was reconstructed from the animal’s ancient fossils.

The genomes of two species of water bears reveal clues about how they persist in extreme conditions, yet don’t resolve the animals’ debated evolutionary story.

The average US household contains 62 distinct families of arthropod species, according to an entomological census.

Exceptional neural fossil preservation helps answer questions about ancient arthropod evolution.

Phylogenetic analysis of DNA isolated from human hair follicle–dwelling mites shows that different lineages of the arthropods are associated with hosts with different regional ancestries.

A 500 million-year-old brain fossil yields clues to the evolution of heads.

Researchers create a phylogenetic tree of insects by comparing the sequences of 1,478 protein-coding genes among species.

Researchers show that a cave-dwelling crustacean may use venom to immobilize and digest its prey.