Most people lump all arthropods, or animals with an exoskeleton, together as "bugs". But there are major differences between types of arthropods. Insects are the most diverse class of animals, but a ...

(CNN) — For nearly two centuries, scientists have tried to solve an enduring mystery about a giant millipede-like animal named Arthropleura that used its many legs to roam Earth more than 300 ...

Others adapted them into pinchers, to grasp prey. The adaptability of these appendages may be one reason why there are more species of arthropods on Earth than any other group of animals.

A 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient relative of spiders found in fool’s gold could shed light on how scorpions for ...

“We were the first to show that this is possible.” It is well documented that many different types of arthropods such as centipedes, spiders, and other insects can regrow limbs after a los ...