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 ...

(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 dinosaurs ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 113 million-year-old fossil of a hell ant preserves tiny details of the insect's wings. - Anderson Lepeco An almost overlooked ...

Scientists in South Africa have discovered the world's oldest known active termite mounds, which have been occupied for tens of thousands of years. The massive insect dwelling was discovered along the ...

Encased in a cage of golden amber appears a prehistoric mosquito, completely intact, as if about to spread its wings and take to the skies. This insect died some hundreds of millions of years ago, ...