Rare evidence about cyclidan crustaceans has been uncovered in the USA, revealing more about how they behaved.

But according to a genetic analysis of notostracans published today in PeerJ, these animals have by no means stopped evolving. Indeed, researchers are coming to realize that the term “living fossil” ...

Rare evidence about the lives of an ancient group of arthropods has been uncovered in the U.S. The findings of the study are ...

Plastic pollution has penetrated the darkest depths of vast oceans, global warming is melting ice sheets that have existed for millions of years, and fossil ... a hermit crab taking shelter ...

Scientists call it a "living fossil" because it looks almost identical to its ancient ancestors. This amphibian spends most of its life underground. The purple frog emerges only for a few days ...

The metasequoia, also known as “a living fossil,” was named 80 years ago by botanist Shigeru Miki (1901-1974), who taught at Kyoto Imperial University, present-day Kyoto University.