Ancient New Zealand insect fossils reveal new genus of whitefly and first psyllid wing, enriching knowledge of Miocene ...

But there's far more to be found in the global fossil record, like plants, fish and insects. Researchers who study fossil ...

have unveiled a spectacular new 450-million-year-old fossil arthropod (the group that contains spiders, centipedes, and insects). Besides being an extraordinary-looking new scientific species ...

The oldest insect fossil—a mandible (or jaw) found in Scotland—is between 408 and 438 million years old. The oldest winged fossil dates back 330 million years ago, suggesting that insects were ...

The specimen in question is an exquisite fossil of a gossamer-winged butterfly from the Isle of Wight. It is the only representative of its species ever found. Discovered in the Insect Limestone at ...

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What really jumped out to us was how [the fossil looked] bug-eyed, and due to slight crushing during the preservation it gave it kind of like a lopsided, crooked smile, and it really evoked Kermit ...

A collection of "irreplaceable" fossils seized in North Yorkshire after being smuggled out of South America have been returned to Brazil. The 33 preserved insects worth thousands of pounds were ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan ...