Prehistoric times had no shortage of pretty scary creatures, but you need to look no further than this huge arthopod to find ...

Neuropeptides are small signaling molecules that play crucial roles in regulating various physiological processes in crustaceans and arthropods. Recent research has focused on understanding the ...

a similarly-segmented arthropod found in people’s gardens. Researchers from Hanoi University originally purchased the colossal crustacean at a seafood market — of all places — in Quy Nhơn ...

Many have argued that crustaceans do not feel pain, claiming the animals’ responses to stimuli like electric shocks are merely automatic. In one set of experiments, Elwood and a colleague allowed ...

The University of New Mexico's Museum of Southwestern Biology, Natural Heritage New Mexico, and the New Mexico BioPark ...

Crustaceans harden their shells with calcium, while insects harden them with oxygen. These match what is abundant in their respective habitats. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...

The largest isopods are the species Bathynomus giganteus. When it comes to their size, Miranda describes the crustaceans as being 'more than a handful'. These arthropods are much larger than your ...

Other researchers had previously attempted to use gene expression assays to align the leg segments of the four major arthropod groups (arachnids, crustaceans, insects, and millipedes and centipedes) ...

Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on Earth ... They’re also one of the world’s largest arthropods, animals with no backbone, external skeletons, and multiple-jointed appendages.

external skeletons known as arthropods—the ancestors of insects, spiders, and crustaceans. These toughened-up creatures represented a crucial innovation: hard bodies offering animals both a ...

Using stunning behavioural sequences, these three programmes will reveal the relationships, dependencies, challenges and dramas that arthropods have developed throughout the world. Insect Worlds ...