Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants were just beginning ...

Learn what amber fossils can teach us about ancient ecosystems and prehistoric insects.

Fossils suggest that prehistoric insects once reached sizes that feel almost unreal by modern standards. Scientists believe environmental conditions were radically different, but exactly how those ...

Today, insects are some of the most (albeit in many cases, irrationally) feared animals in the world. The idea of a giant, winged, six legged invertebrate lurking in the corners of our houses is ...