After years below ground, a cicada bursts from its exoskeleton in this remarkable video showing nature’s power to transform.

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

While residents enjoy Michigan's Great Lakes, invasive species may be, too. During Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week ...

A recently published study explores the relationship between sea spiders and bacteria. Discover more and meet one of the ...

In the intricate world of insects, few creatures capture the imagination quite like the flatid planthopper waxy nymph. These ...

A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ancient ...

One, the “inside-out” hypothesis, says that teeth arose first, and were later adapted for exoskeletons. This paper would support the second, “outside-in” hypothesis, that says sensitive structures ...

Unlike most animals, lobsters continue to grow throughout their lives through a process called molting, where they shed their old exoskeletons and grow new, larger ones. What makes lobsters ...

The study supports the “outside-in” theory which suggests sensitive “teeth” developed on exoskeletons before they appeared in mouths.

Sensory features on the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish may be the reason why humans have teeth that are sensitive to cold and other extremes.

This paper would support the second "outside-in" hypothesis, which says sensitive structures developed first on exoskeletons, and at some point, animals utilized the same genetic toolkit to ...