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 ...

Here’s something to chew on: a fossilized trilobite from the Ordovician Period, which is so well preserved that a team of paleontologists was able to identify its last meal, now mineralized in the ...

Sternite organization during enrollment in terrestrial isopods and glomerid millipedes. (a–c) Micro-CT scan of terrestrial isopod MCZ:IZ:90105. (a) Tomographic model of 90% enrolled specimen. (b) ...

Fossils can tell scientists a lot about an animal such as their morphology, their environment, and where to place them in the tree of life. One thing though that’s very difficult to observe in the ...

Trilobites are one of the most common creatures found in the fossil record, but now some particularly well-preserved specimens have revealed some intriguing new details. It turns out that trilobites ...

Trident-like horns on the heads of some trilobites were probably used in fights over mates. This hypothesised behaviour is the oldest example of sexual combat that has been identified in the fossil ...