A mosquito larva entombed in amber for about 99 million years is now the oldest known of its kind, according to a new study. The fossil comes from Kachin in northern Myanmar and likely formed when ...

Many insects hibernate during the winter just like mammals do, although the process for these bugs looks a little different.

Researchers in Spain have shown a novel way for insects to travel—as larval stowaways in the guts of migrating birds. “It’s the first time insects have been shown to be carried inside birds,” reports ...

Researchers studying amber containing the larvae of Cretaceous insects reveal that immature lacewings likely specialized in killing spiders. They walked across spider webs with ease thanks to long, ...

The fossil, called Cretosabethes primaevus, shared traits with modern mosquitoes. Scientists think it lived in small water ...

How did insect wings originate? This is a question that represents an unsolved mystery of insect evolution. Despite many years of research, it is still not entirely clear from which body structure ...

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World’s earliest known mosquito larva found trapped in 99-million-year-old amber - Finding indicates extinct forms of ...

BURBANK, Calif. -- Tim Plunkett, of Woodland Hills, takes turmeric to reduce inflammation, but a recent report on what else might be in the bottle turned his stomach. "The sample that they found, I ...

A mosquito larva fossil thought to be the world's oldest has been found by scientists, who think it could be around 99 ...