While they're often overshadowed by more successful relatives like the trilobites ... underwater beetle. Some of the earliest species were just a few millimeters in size and form fossils that ...

With segmented legs emerging from underneath rounded shells, cyclidans looked not unlike an underwater beetle ... including trilobites, horseshoe crabs, true crabs and copepods," Greg explains. "In ...

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles ...

What fascinated him most was their visual system, the first in the fossil record to be really well preserved. The eyes of some trilobites contained more than 15,000 calcite lenses; they looked ...

“You never know when you’re going to strike gold,” said Chasteen. Gold, of course, means finding fossils in waterways around the state of Florida. When you head out with Chasteen and his ...

The most familiar and abundant species of trilobites in North America may have followed an exotic survival strategy. Elrathia kingii, found in Middle Cambrian formations in Utah, lived exclusively in ...

Travelers can get their hands dirty and track down ancient dinosaur fossils, jewels and more treasures through excursions across the country. Families planning a visit to Mantua, New Jersey ...

“It is really cool to have that in our park,” she said. “We really want to make sure that we can preserve the fossil. Get it into a place where people can see it better than where it’s currently ...

(Fossil) Fossil Group is looking for its next chapter under new leadership, even as it makes even deeper cuts and grapples with falling sales. The Richardson-based retailer, which sells watches ...

A William Paterson University professor has filed a lawsuit claiming his irreplaceable collection of 380 million-year-old fossils was lost by college officials and ended up in a landfill.