Exceptionally preserved trilobite fossils from China, dating back to more than 500 million years ago, have revealed new insights into the extinct marine animal's digestive system. The new study shows ...

Nobody messes with the king. Well, except for the relentless passing of time. Scientists analyzing a large collection of trilobite specimens realized that one species, Redlichia takooensis, seemed to ...

Scientists have worked out how one unusual species of trilobite—an ancient, sea-dwelling relative of spiders and lobsters—was able to defend itself against predators and survive a bumpy ride as ...

About half a billion years ago, a volcanic eruption near a shallow sea in what’s now Morocco preserved some of the most complete specimens ever found of buglike sea creatures called trilobites, ...

If you've ever held a trilobite fossil, seen one in a classroom, or walked by one in a store, chances are it was Elrathia kingii, one of the most common and well-recognized trilobites. New work ...

The discovery of clasper limbs in a fossil suggests that some species of the ancient arthropods reproduced much like modern horseshoe crabs. By Jack Tamisiea The sturdy, calcite-infused exoskeletons ...

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 ...

The “king” of the trilobites was snacking on whatever it could eat some 514 million years ago in the Cambrian era, even shelled creatures of its own species. By Rebecca Dzombak Cannibalism is common ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: 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 ...

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