A team of researchers have discovered the fossil of a 305 million-year-old arachnid, which will help scientists to understand more about the early origins of modern-day spiders. The new species, named ...

The scientists used the fossils - thin slices of rock showing the animal’s cross-section - to work out the range of motion in the limbs of this ancient, extinct early relative of the spiders. From ...

A team of researchers has identified the earliest known ecdysozoan fossil, which originated from the Precambrian era.

The history of a major animal group, composed of millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nemotodes, has been elusive -- until now. A team has now identified the oldest known ecdysozoan in the ...

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