Scientists have discovered two new species of a prehistoric zombifying fungus in insect fossils preserved in amber. The 99-million-year-old specimens are some of the earliest to offer a look at how ...

Researchers studied six pieces of amber containing fossilized ants with other insects nearby revealing an ecosystem in the ...

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 ...

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Deep under the Jurassic rock beds of New South Wales, scientists discovered fossilized insects that push back the history of one of the world’s most hardy families of flies. These fragile traces, ...

Paleobiologist Scott Lakeram analyzes 300-million-year-old coal ball fossils to reveal prehistoric plant-insect interactions frozen in time Emma Saaty Over 20 ancient plant species are represented in ...

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Tiny insects trapped in amber could tell us a great deal about their roles in past ecosystems: pollinators, parasites, predators, and prey. But how many of the insects preserved alongside each other ...

Earlier this summer, researchers announced they found fossils that likely come from courting dinosaurs. To find more fossil evidence of prehistoric animals wooing and mating, scientists will have to ...