New fossil research shows that teeth originally evolved as sensory tissue embedded in the armored exoskeletons of ancient ...

Two 325-million-year-old ctenacanth shark fossils discovered in Mammoth Cave shed light on ancient marine ecosystems.

Discover the vital role of insects and pollinators in the New Forest. Learn about bees, butterflies, beetles, and more – and where to spot them across this biodiverse National Park.

Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). These majestic ...

A tiny treasure buried in 236-million-year-old poop. It might not be as glamorous as a bug in amber, but this dung fossil, ...

Plate up What is the next big thing in food ... maybe even thousands of years ago. For ancient Mexican peoples these insects were important sources of protein, and sat alongside the likes of ...

As if the largest bug to ever live — a monster nearly ... they were arthropods — the group that includes crabs, spiders and insects — with features of modern-day centipedes and millipedes.

Sifting through the rocky dirt of South Korea, archaeologists carefully unearthed an ancient crown, slightly bent but obviously ornate. Something about its decorations caught their attention — and for ...

Brood XIV, one of the biggest broods, emerges across a dozen ... scientists were able to assign the ancient insect to a modern tribe of cicadas called Platypleurini, “which is today primarily ...

Brood XIV, one of the biggest broods, emerges across a dozen US states this ... scientists were able to assign the ancient insect to a modern tribe of cicadas called Platypleurini, “which is today ...

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.