A new study has unexpectedly discovered that a common parasite of modern oysters actually started infecting bivalves hundreds ...

Missouri’s most common fossil is an invertebrate, the crinoid, also known as “sea lilies”. Despite the name, they’re more ...

Spionids are small, soft-bodied marine bristle worms that live inside the shells of mussels and oysters. Unlike parasites ...

Researchers discovered fossil evidence showing that spionid worms, parasites of modern oysters, were already infecting bivalves 480 million years ago. High-resolution scans revealed their distinctive ...

A surprising new study has revealed that a parasite still troubling modern oysters first began infecting shell-dwelling sea creatures hundreds of ...

Ancient fossils unearthed in Morocco reveal parasitic worms burrowing into mollusc shells approximately 480 million years ago ...

Research teams from the Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University have documented the first discovery of five freshwater ...

An examination of an aquatic, shrimplike creature that lived half a billion years ago offers insight into how arthropods with mandibles became so common. By Rebecca Dzombak About 70 percent of the ...

Scientists have found proof that a parasite still troubling oysters today was already up to its old tricks nearly half a ...

A chance glance at a museum display has led to the first-ever discovery of an ichthyosaur fossil in western Japan, dating back around 220 million years. Initially mistaken for a common bivalve fossil, ...

Walk the Rhode Island shoreline and you’re bound to find something that catches your eye trapped in the sand or tangled in the wrack line. Between interesting rocks, sea glass – especially the elusive ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Fossils are everywhere in Kansas but there are some places where your chances of finding a link to the past are greater than others. The Sunflower State is home to numerous types of ...