A tiny fossil preserved in 16 million-year-old amber revealed an extinct Caribbean species that mastered the art of ...

A rare 16-million-year-old ant preserved in amber is helping scientists uncover new secrets about one of nature's most ...

Imagine holding a piece of golden resin in your hand, only to discover that inside, time itself has been trapped—along with ...

However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features. S. charybdis appears to have evolved a unique, three-flapped abdominal setup similar to the leaves of a Venus flytrap. The paddle-like lower ...

The two prehistoric insects were preserved intact in their struggle for nearly 100 million years. Barden et alHell ant caught inside amber fossil with its prey (left) and a reconstruction of the ...

Amber is coveted the world over as both jewelry and a vessel for prehistoric remnants, with rarer specimens preserving ...

Formed from prehistoric vegetation ... explain the giant creepy-crawlies that now emerged—the size reached by insects and similar creatures is thought to be limited by the amount of air they ...