A prehistoric hell ant that lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago had an unusual way to kill its prey and sheds new ...

“I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the ... from Capital Normal University and the Beijing Xiachong Amber Museum in China. It's unclear when the wasp went extinct.

A tiny fossil preserved in 16 million-year-old amber revealed an extinct Caribbean species that mastered the art of ...

Bizarre parasitic wasps preserved in amber about 99 million years ago had trap-like abdomens that they may have used to immobilise other insects ...

Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in sailors to their doom and after Charybdis, a mythical sea monster that created ...

Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey https ... “I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've ...