Jurassic-era blue-stain fungi fossils found in China push their origin back 80 million years. These fungi pierced wood using ...

In a remarkable find, 160-million-year-old blue-stain fungi fossils have been unearthed in China's Jurassic Tiaojishan ...

Learn more about Morganucodon and Brasilodon, the two species that may have given life to the mammals we know today.

NANJING : Paleontologists from China and Britain have unveiled the colors of diverse insects dating back 100 million years to the Mesozoic Era. A microscopy analysis of 35 fossil specimens preserved ...

To say that oil is made from dinosaurs is like saying that bread is made from insects, just because the odd one occasionally ...

With huge wings and unusual looks, they are some of the biggest insects ever found. Here’s a look at six flying insects that prove size really can surprise you. Sign In. TOI. Go to TOI.

Most insects do smell, and they produce scents for a variety of reasons. One is self-defense, says Jason Dombroskie, an entomologist at Cornell University in New York.

Referred to as "in-insect synthesis," this technique offers a new way to create and modify complex molecules, which will generate new opportunities for the discovery, development, and application ...

Insect farming is arguably much more efficient than cattle production. One hundred pounds (45 kilograms) of feed produces 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) of beef, while the same amount of feed yields 45 ...

Entomologist Dr. Jessica Ware joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the world of insects. Are cockroaches so resilient that they'd survive a nuclear war? Why do praying ...

Insect protein blocks bacterial infection. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 20, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 06 / 250602154856.htm. RMIT University.