Amber can be a veritable treasure trove of ancient animals and insects, but it most commonly captures creatures that lived in forests – understandable, given the stuff starts life as tree sap. But now ...

The absence of marine insects is linked to the lack of flowering plants in the ocean, limiting insect evolution in water. About five-sixths of known animal life is made up of insects. They flourish ...

THE letter from Dr. Hem Singh Pruthi on this subject l is of much interest, but one feels doubtful whether the comparative absence of insects from the oceans can be accounted for simply on the ground ...