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As if the 2023 Burning Man Festival wasn't apocalyptic enough, the event was recently beset by a biblical plague of three-eyed "dinosaur shrimp," which wriggled to the surface of the Nevada desert to ...

Triops are a group of freshwater crustaceans commonly called tadpole shrimp or dinosaur shrimp. They look like ancient armored tadpoles, a look they've rocked for hundreds of millions of years. The ...

Sometimes, creatures are so strange-looking that they compel us to do a double-take. This Instagram video shows active, trilobite-like creatures grabbing earthworms in the water, riding them, and ...

Interesting things can happen when it rains. You may have heard of Triops before but under a different name. With eggs that can stay dormant for decades and an ability to survive in harsh conditions, ...