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Sumit Ayalon. Photo: Dr. David Darom.

A new study found a close relationship between rare cave crabs in Israel and Italy

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Soft tissue fossils of a predator from the Cambrian era, belonging to the arthropod family. Top left: A bump on the front of the modified creature shows a resemblance to modern arthropods. Bottom right: A full-body specimen of the fossil shows one pair of forelimbs (indicated by white arrows) and a mouth containing teeth (indicated by a black arrow) on the head. Photography: A. Daly, University of Oxford

A new study of fossils made it possible to be more precise in the date of the appearance of the first animals before 540 m.

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Ormia ochracea female fly by Jpaur under CC 3.0 license

hear like a fly

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Insects discovered in amber in northeastern Italy. Photo: University of Padua

Arthropod fossils 230 million years old were discovered encased in amber

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Why there are no giant cockroaches and why small children suffer less from the heat

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