Trilobites are one of the most common creatures found in the fossil record, but now some particularly well-preserved specimens have revealed some intriguing new details. It turns out that trilobites ...

Exceptionally preserved trilobite fossils from China, dating back to more than 500 million years ago, have revealed new insights into the extinct marine animal's digestive system. Published today in ...

Richard Fortey, head of palaeontology at the Natural History Museum - Alamy ​Richard Fortey, who has died aged 79, enjoyed a long career as head of palaeontology at the Natural History ...

About half a billion years ago, a volcanic eruption near a shallow sea in what’s now Morocco preserved some of the most complete specimens ever found of buglike sea creatures called trilobites, ...

Thanks to their easily fossilized exoskeleton, trilobites largely dominate the fossil record of early complex animal life. However, trilobite appendages and the anatomy of the underside of their body ...

Not many towns can say that they have an official fossil- but the Town of Hamburg can. The Hamburg Town Board passed a resolution Monday night to make the trilobite the official town fossil. The ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The fossils show that early trilobites had crops, or stomach-like pouches that were once thought ...

Perfectly pristine fossils might make great museum showpieces, but they are not always the most informative for paleontologists. Some of the more salient secrets of ancient life are locked inside ...

New research helps explain how some ancient species hunted and fed, and highlights the shell-crushing power of one large trilobite. By Cara Giaimo Hundreds of millions of years ago, trilobites filled ...