Amber is fossilised plant resin. It can be used to provide insights into the terrestrial
conditions at the time the original resin was exuded. Amber research thus can inform many …

Amber is fossilized resin that preserves biological remains in exceptional detail, study of
which has revolutionized understanding of past terrestrial organisms and habitats from the …

Fossil age data and molecular sequences are increasingly combined to establish a
timescale for the Tree of Life. Arthropods, as the most species-rich and morphologically …

Insects have evolved diverse methods of camouflage that have played an important role in
their evolutionary success. Debris-carrying, a behavior of actively harvesting and carrying …

Chalcidoidea are a megadiverse group of mostly parasitoid wasps of major ecological and
economical importance that are omnipresent in almost all extant terrestrial habitats. The …

Insect parasites and parasitoids are a major component of terrestrial food webs. For
parasitoids, categorization is whether feeding activity is located inside or outside its host, if …

With 35 Cretaceous outcrops yielding fossil insects, either in amber or as rock (marls,
limestones, cinerite, or dysodile) impressions-compressions (adpressions), Lebanon has …

Three new genera and species of Cenomanian Cixiidae from Kachin amber (Myanmar) are
described: Acrotiara Bourgoin & Luo gen. nov., type species A. multigranulata Luo & …

The origin and early evolutionary history of polyphagan beetles have been largely based on
evidence from the derived and diverse 'core Polyphaga', whereas little is known about the …

Hatching is a pivotal moment in the life of most animals. Diverse chemical, behavioural and
mechanical methods have evolved in metazoans to break the egg membranes. Among …