While scientists have long puzzled over fossils, the discovery of this cave painting might forever change the perception of paleontology as a field.

Ophiuroids, the most diverse group of echinoderms, inhabit a vast array of ecological niches and play vital roles in benthic ecosystems as suspension feeders, scavengers and opportunists. Despite the ...

In the early 2000s, molecular data began to show an unexpected amount of genetic diversity in this “phylum of one” (Voigt et al., 2004; Signorovitch et al., 2007; Eitel et al., 2013). Ongoing 16S ...

Area where the specimen of the present study was collected, Amazon biome, state of Maranhão, Brazil. For collection, nocturnal expeditions were carried out for six hours a day of capture (from 18:00 ...