A golden opportunity in the Caribbean has led to the discovery of an extinct "dirt ant" that has been confined within a piece of amber for 16 million years. Dirt ants (Basiceros) are true experts of ...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is one of the most renowned thinkers in history. He’s Germany’s greatest literary figure, famous ...
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This ancient insect was found in amber… then scientists saw something growing out of its head
A fossilized ant and fly preserved in 99-million-year-old amber have revealed one of the oldest known examples of parasitic fungi taking over insect hosts. The fungal growths, protruding from the ...
Scientists have unearthed prehistoric insects preserved in amber in South America for the first time, offering an unprecedented glimpse into a pivotal era when flowering plants began to flourish ...
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 ...
Frozen in time 112 million years ago, an entire ecosystem preserved in amber has been unearthed from a quarry in Ecuador. The scene contains bugs, pollen, and even strands of spider web. This is the ...
The researchers uncovered hundreds of fragments of amber, some containing ancient insects, pollen and tree leaves, at a sandstone quarry in Ecuador that’s on the edge of what is today the Amazon basin ...
Holotype of P. ironomyiae sp. nov. (NIGP203272) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (~99 million years ago) and the comparison with extant Ophiocordyceps fungi. Credit: Proceedings of the Royal Society B ...
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