Tadpole shrimp aren't the living fossils they appear to be, new research suggests. Darwin coined the term "living fossil" in "On the Origin of Species" to describe organisms that appear not to have ...

Transitions in sexual system and reproductive mode may affect the course of sex chromosome evolution, for instance by altering the strength of sexually antagonistic selection. However, there have been ...

Three-eyed “dinosaur shrimp” are stirring in the Nevada desert after flooding upended the Burning Man festival. Triops and fairy shrimp are small crustaceans that can survive years lying dormant in ...

Who would have thought a small, yet peculiar creature could stir up such a scene in the Nevada Desert? After heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary turned a dry desert into a mud pit, revellers at the ...

Triops are related to the oldest living creature, Triops cancriformis, which is why they are sometimes called ‘dinosaur shrimp’ (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Floods at Burning Man have woken up ...

Subsequent to recent rainfalls in Iran as well as Afghanistan the wetland which suffered prolonged drought is once again covered with water and restored many animal and plant species in the area, ISNA ...

This paper reports new distribution records of large branchiopods from Extremadura (southwestern Iberian Peninsula) investigated in 78 temporary freshwater ponds from October 2002 to August 2003. The ...