Paleontologists, including researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN), have described the oldest insect larval feeding tunnels inside leaves, also known as leaf mines, along with ...

April 25 (Reuters) - Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant - a winged insect with fearsome scythe-like jaws that lived about 113 million years ago during the age of ...

BOSTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. student and his teacher say they've found the world's oldest known fossil impression of a flying insect. The 300 million-year-old fossil was found by Richard Knecht, a ...

After nearly 350 years, a depiction of a bee’s brain is getting some buzz. A manuscript created in the mid-1670s contains the oldest known depiction of an insect’s brain, historian of science Andrea ...

Meet the earliest known insects. Shaking hands with them will take a while. By Kate Golembiewski Erik Tihelka’s first glimpse of one of the world’s oldest insects came from an outdated Russian ...

Adult insects are known for their fascinating and complex eyes, which allow them to accomplish remarkable sensory feats when performing functions such as searching for food or mates. In many insect ...

In Shinonsen Town, Hyogo Prefecture, discoveries and news regarding insect fossils have been appearing frequently in recent ...