When we think of pollinating insects, bees, butterflies, or flies usually come to mind — but rarely true bugs. Yet it seems that in the past, they also played an important role in plant pollination. A ...

WASHINGTON-- In a steamy tropical forest 46 millionyears ago, a prehistoric mosquito bit a critter, drew blood and wasblown into a lake in what is now the northwestern state of Montana.Belly full, she ...

When we think of pollinating insects, bees, butterflies, or flies usually come to mind—but rarely true bugs. Yet it seems that in the past, they also played an important role in plant pollination. A ...

A 99-million-year-old creepy-crawly shows that bugs once played a key role in plant pollination. Scientists say the bug, preserved for tens of millions of years in amber, has revealed new information ...

You know the drill: An ancient bug is minding its own business, munching some leaves, buzzin’ some dinos’, when all of a sudden he’s sucked up into a ball of tree resin and winds up in a 21st century ...

The amber fossils preserve an impressive array of ancient bugs and plants that scientists are using to piece together a previously unknown Cretaceous ecosystem. Reading time 3 minutes For the first ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As if the largest bug to ever live – a monster nearly 9 feet long with several dozen legs – wasn’t terrifying enough, scientists could only just imagine what the extinct beast’s head ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — As if the largest bug to ...