Ariel Chipman of The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem provides a novel model for understanding the development and evolution of arthropod body ...

Discovered 25 years ago, a 444-million-year-old marine arthropod fossil stumped paleontologists, as they couldn’t identify its exact species. Sarah Gabbot, who originally discovered the specimen ...

These are infections caused by viruses spread to humans through the bites of arthropods like mosquitoes and ticks. She, however, said in some territories there were reports of gastro and dengue ...

As the caterpillars skulk about the webs, they scavenge dead and dying insects and other arthropods ensnared in the sticky silk. According to David Wagner, an entomologist at the University of ...

Costa Rica has long been a beacon of democracy in Latin America, with a proud history of protecting press freedom. But the 2025 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) paints a ...

It's a bit tongue in cheek because arthropods don't actually have bones," Rubinoff told the Reuters news agency. A host of caterpillars native to Hawaii use silk glands to spin protective cases ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A triceratop’s nasal horn, fossilized horse skull, and a 10-pound golden nugget uncovered by a couple using a metal detector ...

The virus penetrates the mosquito's midgut during digestion and reproduces in its blood, ultimately colonizing the mosquito's salivary glands. When the mosquito injects its saliva into her next ...

Bone collectors seem to methodically curate their cases. Lacking insect and arthropod parts, the caterpillars won’t tack on other types of debris. And they pay special attention to size.

The Insect Zoo has about 175 species of arthropods, or anything with an exoskeleton - this includes insects, tarantulas, scorpions, millipedes and crabs, anything with an exoskeleton. Many are ...