Scientists have discovered two new species of a prehistoric zombifying fungus in insect fossils preserved in amber. The 99-million-year-old specimens are some of the earliest to offer a look at how ...

Researchers analyzed the fossils using optical microscopes, looking both at the fungi and the insects they had infected. Then ...

A 99 million-year-old amber fossil reveals a fly infected by a zombie fungus, alongside a young ant with a similar infection. Researchers indicate these findings highlight ancient fungi-insect ...

The prehistoric ant lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago — several millions of years before previously found fossilized ants — and had an unusual way to kill its prey.

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived alongside the dinosaurs. The hell ant existed over 100 million years ago ...

Sauropods were the largest land-living animals of all time. Finding the traces of a sauropod’s last meal is nothing short of ...

A prehistoric hell ant that lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago had an unusual way to kill its prey and sheds new light on insect evolution, researchers have found.

A prehistoric hell ant that lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago had an unusual way to kill its prey and sheds new light on insect evolution, researchers have found.

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — An almost overlooked fossil discovered in a Brazilian museum collection has revealed the oldest ant specimen known to science, according to new research. The ...