Two fossils of singing cicadas, one of which was remarkably well preserved, reveals that the insects dispersed in Europe millions of years earlier than once thought.

Arthropleura was the largest-known land arthropod, a group spanning the likes of insects, spiders, millipedes, centipedes, lobsters and crabs. Its head anatomy provided evidence that millipedes ...

Meganeura monyi was the largest early dragonfly known to exist. This species was a predator that would have eaten other insects, with spines on its ... as well as other prehistoric animals, including ...

The image suggests that ancient insects were eating parts of a tree fern. Smithsonian Institution The biggest challenge with this research is trying to figure out what insect species produced each ...