One of the creepiest, crawliest creatures of the Earth may have been swimming before adapting to live on land, new research suggests.

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Finely preserved brain features in a tiny marine arthropod fossil suggest that arachnids – spiders and their close kin – may ...

Finely preserved brain features in a tiny marine arthropod fossil suggest that arachnids – spiders and their close kin – may have first evolved in the ocean rather than on land, say scientists.

Finely preserved brain features in a tiny fossil suggest that spiders and their kin may have first evolved in the ocean ...

A team of researchers from the University of Adelaide, working alongside expert cavers, has discovered dozens of bizarre, ...

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