Most people picture the time of dinosaurs as a steamy, tropical world. But during the Late Cretaceous period, northern Alaska ...

Two fossils of singing cicadas, one of which was remarkably well preserved, reveals that the insects dispersed in Europe ...

In a world where everything is constantly changing, it’s amazing that some creatures have stayed almost the same for millions ...

A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern ...

The odd-looking specimen with scythe-like jaws indicates that early ants were spread widely across the globe while dinosaurs ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived ...

For the first time, a fossilized true cicada has been described from the Messel Pit deposits. Eoplatypleura messelensis is ...

“The fossil evidence suggests dinosaurs had at least small parasites,” said Jarzembowski. “Thorny-headed worms can be found ...

A prehistoric hell ant that lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago had an unusual way to kill its prey and sheds new ...

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