An ancient crab fossil dubbed by researchers as the "Forbidden Dorito," has helped to unlock some mysteries of crab evolution. Dr. Javier Luque, a senior research associate at the University of ...

Most animals and plants never fossilize. For those that do, it's usually only hard parts such as bones and shells that preserve. However, in some exceptional cases, soft tissues such as muscles and ...

A remarkably preserved horseshoe crab fossil from North America offers rare insight into some of the earliest known cases of animal disease in a Late Carboniferous swamp—some 50 to 70 million years ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

In 2015, two researchers stumbled across a piece of amber jewelry in a market in Tengchong, China, that was found by miners in Myanmar. The piece has a young, five-millimeter-long crab embedded in it.

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Environmental groups on Monday petitioned the U.S. government seeking endangered species protection for the American horseshoe crab, a "living fossil" under threat from commercial ...

A grassroots group of conservationists in Indonesia are racing to help preserve the horseshoe crab, an otherworldly, marine living fossil. Fossils resembling modern horseshoe crabs have been found as ...

This fossil hunt starts with exactly what the location is known for: prehistoric crabs. Kyle and Jim dig through the clay and pull out claws, carapaces, legs, shells, and other fragile pieces from an ...

Somewhat overshadowed by the famous coelacanth (Latimeria spp.), another living fossil, horse-shoe crabs are insect-like species that live primarily in shallow ocean waters on soft sandy or muddy ...