New Haven, Conn. – A team of American and British scientists have identified and digitally reconstructed the first example of a fossilized brachiopod complete with its pedicle, the stalk attaching it ...

Researchers have carried out the first detailed study of the molecular mechanisms responsible for formation of the brachiopod shell. Comparison with shell synthesis in other groups reveals the deep ...

Blacksburg, Va. -- A study of fossils from the Paleozoic Era, collected across the world, reveals that ancient brachiopods were little bothered by predators. However, the rare predation traces left on ...

Brachiopods were evolving in new directions but this did not turn into evolutionary success in terms of the numbers of species, researchers have found. Brachiopods were evolving in new directions but ...