Arthropods dominate plant litter decomposition in drylands

Drylands: unexpected plant diversity enables adaptation to extreme climates - EurekAlert

Fossil of 500 million-year-old larva found with preserved brain. Researchers have discovered how the brains of arthropods evolved after finding the fossil of a larva that lived half a billion years ago.

The role of biodiversity in mitigating rapid loss of plant community stability in drylands during changing climate - EurekAlert