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Ciurcalimulus discobolus, holotype. Scale bars - 5 mm. Image credit: James C. Lamsdell, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2025.0874.

Paleontologist Discovers First Known Silurian Horseshoe Crab

Aug 29, 2025 by Sergio Prostak

Horseshoe crabs are an ancient lineage with an evolutionary history stretching back 450 million years (Ordovician period) and are generally considered...

University of Michigan’s Professor Daniel Fisher and the 13,000-year-old Buesching mastodon. Image credit: Eric Bronson / Michigan Photography.

Research Reveals Annual Migration Patterns of American Mastodon

Jun 14, 2022 by News Staff

Around 13,200 years ago, an 8-ton adult American mastodon (Mammut americanum) — nicknamed the Buesching mastodon — was killed when a rival...

Amblyopsis hoosieri in life, 6.1 cm long. Image credit: M.L. Niemiller.

Hoosier Cavefish: Eyeless Fish Species Discovered in Indiana

May 30, 2014 by News Staff

Ichthyologists from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and the University of Kentucky have announced the discovery of a new eyeless cavefish in...