
This undated photograph taken in an undsclosed location shows a newly discovered arthropod -- a family that includes modern-day crabs and insects called Fuxianhuiid, which had the gut still preserved. Nearly a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered inside a small quarry in China, scientists revealed on January 28, 2026. (Photo by Han Zeng / AFP via Getty Images)


