Insects evolved at the same time as the earliest land plants around 480 million years ago, an international study has revealed. The earliest fossil evidence for insects is dated at around 400 million ...

A new study led by our Earth Sciences department has uncovered an incredibly rare and detailed fossil, named 'Youti yuanshi', that gives a peek inside one of the earliest ancestors of modern insects, ...

A common European and African cockroach may have gotten its evolutionary start in North America, according to new fossil findings. The ancient species — discovered in sedimentary rocks dating back to ...

A remarkable 151-million-year-old fly fossil found in China is changing our view of insect evolution. This ancient insect, preserved in amber, shows unique features not seen in modern species. Its ...

A marine predator living over 500 million years ago might bridge the gap between insects and their ancient relatives. Fossils from China have revealed the head of Kylinxia zhangi in unprecedented ...

Deep under the Jurassic rock beds of New South Wales, scientists discovered fossilized insects that push back the history of one of the world’s most hardy families of flies. These fragile traces, ...

'Frankenstein' insects dating back 120 million years have been discovered among fossils from Brazil. The monster bugs had the wings and body of a dragonfly, wing veins like those of a mayfly and a ...