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 ...

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 ...

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The inclusions are so faint in the unpolished amber that Goethe, despite his interest in observing nature, likely never realized he had insects preserved inside what amount to biological time capsules ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A remarkably preserved crab trapped in amber is forcing ...

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 ...

Fossil resins and ambers constitute a remarkable archive of ancient biological and geological information, offering unique insights into palaeoecological dynamics, plant evolution, and diagenetic ...