The giant arthropod 'Arthropleura', which roamed the Earth over 300 million years ago, combined traits of millipedes and ...

In the oxygen-rich air of the Carboniferous period, between roughly 300 million and 360 million years ago, some animals ...

Soil arthropods contribute to terrestrial ecosystem functions and services. Previous studies have mainly focused on specific ...

Researchers have wondered how an alligator-size arthropod lived more than 300 million years ago. The discovery of an intact ...

Scientists knew that it had a millipede-like body, with two pairs of legs per segment, but Arthropleura ’s exact place in the ...

Now, two well-preserved fossils of the creature unearthed in France have finally revealed what Arthropleura’s head looked like, providing insights into how the giant arthropod lived. Today ...

The program was filming in Hazen, Arkansas, when the crew noticed something odd on Chief Bradley Taylor’s back, catching the ...

Two newly discovered fossils are helping scientists wrap their heads around the anatomy of the largest arthropod of all time — a millipede that grew longer than a king-sized bed and lived between 346 ...