Newly discovered insect fossils are so small they can barely be seen by the human eye but have been preserved in an 'extraordinary' way. Newly discovered insect fossils are so small they can barely be ...

Newly discovered insect fossils are so small they can barely be seen by the human eye but have been preserved in an “extraordinary” way. Published in the journal Palaeobiodiversity and ...

The fossil record of plant–insect interactions offers an exceptional window into the deep-time co-evolutionary dynamics between terrestrial flora and their insect herbivores. Over hundreds of millions ...

Tiny insects trapped in amber could tell us a great deal about their roles in past ecosystems: pollinators, parasites, predators, and prey. But how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most insects of this species have soft bodies, though, making it hard to find fossils and trace the origin of the bioluminescence.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to researchers at Penn State who found insect damage on ...

In a remarkable discovery, paleontologists have unearthed “extremely rare” tiny fossils that are shedding light on New Zealand's past. These minuscule fossils belong to whiteflies — a type of insects ...

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head.The insect, along with a ...

Tufts alum Richard Knecht (LA ‘08) and Geology Lecturer Jake Benner have made national headlines in the last week after happening upon the oldest full-body trace fossil of a flying insect ever found.

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