All Articles Tagged As: insects
 | Paleontologists have long been perplexed by dinosaur fossils with missing pieces - sets of teeth without a jaw bone, bones that are pitted and grooved, even bones that are half gone. Now a study identifies a culprit: ancient insects that munched on dinosaur bones. ...> Full Article |
 | Paleontologists have found the presence of 356 animal inclusions in completely opaque amber from mid-Cretaceous sites of Charentes (France). The team used the X-rays of the European light source to image two kilogrammes of the fossil tree resin with a technique that allows rapid survey of large amounts of opaque amber. At present this is the only way to discover inclusions in fully opaque amber. ...> Full Article |
 | Asteroid impacts or massive volcanic flows might have occurred around the time dinosaurs became extinct, but a new arguemet is that the mightiest creatures the world has ever known may have been brought down by a tiny, much less dramatic force -- biting, disease-carrying insects. ...> Full Article |
 | The collapse of honeybee colonies across North America is focusing attention on the honeybees' vital role in the survival of agricultural crops, and a new study by University of Florida and Indiana University Southeast researchers shows insect pollinators have likely played a key role in the evolution and success of flowering plants for nearly 100 million years. ...> Full Article |
 | Giant fossil sea scorpion bigger than a man ...> Full Article |
 | A 50-million-year-old fossilised spider has been brought back to life in stunning 3D by a scientist at The University of Manchester. ...> Full Article |
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