arthropod

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After a long day of teaching, Rudy Lerosey-Aubril turned to a familiar task: preparing a Cambrian arthropod fossil for study.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The island has startling natural beauty, from lush vegetation to pristine white beaches, and is also home to the world’s biggest terrestrial arthropod - the coconut crab.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024

Thought to live only in the limestone caves of that region, the colorful arthropod defends itself by producing cyanide.

From National Geographic • Feb. 7, 2024

This means that they likely evolved their visual defenses in response to arthropod predators, like arachnids.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2023

One transformation involves a change of intermediate vector: when a microbe relying on some arthropod vector for transmission switches to a new host, the microbe may be forced to find a new arthropod as well.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond