You probably don’t think twice when you queue up at the grocery store or join a conga line at a wedding. But this type of single-file organization is a sophisticated form of collective social behavior ...

Thanks to their easily fossilized exoskeleton, trilobites largely dominate the fossil record of early complex animal life. However, trilobite appendages and the anatomy of the underside of their body ...

Buried beneath layers of volcanic ash for over half a billion years, a set of newly unearthed trilobite fossils from Morocco is reshaping the scientific understanding of one of Earth’s earliest and ...

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 ...

Fossil of Tsinania sirindhornae, a trilobite named in honor of the Thai Royal Princess and her dedication to advancing the sciences. Ten newly discovered species of trilobites, hidden for 490 million ...

Richard Fortey, head of palaeontology at the Natural History Museum - Alamy ​Richard Fortey, who has died aged 79, enjoyed a long career as head of palaeontology at the Natural History ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Nearly half a billion years before the first conga line, marine creatures resembling today’s horseshoe crabs did their own version of the social dance. Newly described fossils capture clusters of ...

New research helps explain how some ancient species hunted and fed, and highlights the shell-crushing power of one large trilobite. By Cara Giaimo Hundreds of millions of years ago, trilobites filled ...

A team of researchers — including one from Texas State University in San Marcos — have discovered 10 new species of an extinct marine creature, a finding that scientists say could help piece together ...