Trilobite treasures: exquisite fossils are remarkably well preserved
A team of researchers used CT scans and computer models to image trilobites in unprecedented detail.
Tag: trilobite
#FossilFriday: Amazing 429 million-year-old trilobite eye saw the world like modern insects
Insect and cephalopod vision may have half a billion-year-old roots.
World’s oldest eye found in a fossil in Estonia is very similar to today’s eyes
Not much has changed for the eye.
Biochemist resurrects ancient trilobites by 3D printing them in metal
We've talked about 3D printing being useful in fields like engineering or medicine, but in the right hands it can ...
Fossil Friday: Dicranurus monstrosus
When a species almost one hundred times bigger than you, who has access to nukes and can go to space, ...
365 million year old trilobites show first signs of molting
Trilobites were some of the most dominant creatures on the face of the planet, thriving from the mid Cambrian 521 ...
New fossil shows 450 million years old mother love
An international team of geologists captured a prehistoric portrait of parental care deep in the fossil record. The team led ...
The first animal to curl into a ball
This defensive strategy has been used for a very long time, but if you were to take a guess, how ...
Actor Johnny Depp gets 505 million years old fossil named after him
Usually, species are named after defining trait, or sometimes, more rarely, after somebody famous in the field, but every once ...
