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A 500 million-year-old fossil with a spider's brain structure suggests that arachnids may have evolved in the oceans.
New research shows spiders didn’t come from the Earth’s land habitats as once believed but originated in ancient seas.
A new study suggests spiders may have ancient marine origins. Researchers analyzed a 500-million-year-old fossil, Mollisonia ...
In a fascinating study published in Current Biology, researchers have turned our understanding of arachnid evolution on its ...
A fossil misidentified for over a century is now reshaping what scientists know about how life first made the leap from sea ...
Whether you love spiders or can't be within 10 feet of them, you probably think of them crawling around on land. Historically ...
Tomás Saraceno has been called the artist most likely to change the world. His first permanent public artwork in Australia has just opened in Sydney.
Americans knew nothing about the new land the government purchased from France and named “District of Louisiana.” The Corps ...
Spiders and other arachnids were thought to have originated on land. But a University of Arizona study upends the ...
Western biologists have developed an innovative way to reconstruct how crickets sing, based on the physical formation of the ...
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their ...
Pacific Science Center will close for more than a month after Labor Day to dismantle its animatronic dinosaurs. Here’s why.