"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ash deposits, which is extremely unusual," study lead author Valentina ...

Paleontologists studied 16 specimens of the tiny wasp preserved in amber dating back to the ... and the larvae feast on their new hosts’ young once they hatch. A fossil enthusiast purchased the amber ...

An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture and immobilise their prey. Research, ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Mating flies frozen in time were found encased in amber for the past 41 million years.

Paleontologists studied 16 specimens of the tiny wasp preserved in amber dating back ... on their new hosts’ young once they hatch. Amber fossils offer a tantalizing, three-dimensional look ...

Paleontologists studied 16 specimens of the tiny wasp preserved in amber dating back to the Cretaceous ... and the larvae feast on their new hosts’ young once they hatch. Amber fossils offer a ...