The fossil record of Archostematan beetles from Cretaceous amber offers a unique window into the early evolutionary history of Coleoptera. Preserved in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, these beetles ...

The preserved stenine rove beetle. Sandiso Mnguni, Author provided (no reuse) When most people think of fossils they probably picture bones. But there’s much more to the global fossil record: plants, ...

This particular specimen is part of the staphylinid rove beetles, dating back to the Cretaceous period, around 90 million years ago. The new research, published in the Journal of Entomological Science ...

The whole body of Mesostaphylinus orapa sp. n. holotype, counterpart BP./2/27596, Orapa Diamond Mine, polarized light, scale bar = 1 mm. A remarkable fossil discovery in a Botswana diamond mine, 824 ...

New fossils in amber have revealed that beetles fed on the feathers of dinosaurs about 105 million years ago, showing a symbiotic relationship of one-sided or mutual benefit. New fossils in amber have ...

Beetles may have fed on the feathers of dinosaurs about 105 million years ago, fossils in amber have revealed. The main amber fragments studied contain the shed skin (larval moults) of small beetle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 66 million years ago, a cataclysmic event shook the Earth. A massive asteroid impact led to the extinction of diverse life forms ...

Battered feathers and prehistoric beetle larvae encased in amber have revealed a relationship between dinosaurs and insects that stretches back more than 105 million years – the oldest example of ...

The author and his colleagues looking for fossils at Birds River in South Africa. Dmitry Shcherbakov, Author provided (no reuse) When I tell people that I study fossils, many assume I am talking about ...

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This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When dinosaurs roamed Earth, their surroundings looked very different than the world of today. But there were also some ...