Named for Charles Darwin, the only known specimen of a newly discovered beetle, Darwinylus marcosi, died in a sticky gob of tree sap some 105 million years ago in what is now northern Spain. As it ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Smithsonian scientists and colleagues, however, have recently found evidence that gymnosperm plants shared an intricate pollination relationship ...

Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without visible flower or fruit). There is a growing ...

Pollination by insects actually got going twice. The world of the Jurassic was a lot like ours - similar interactions between plants and insects were happening, but the players have changed over time.

Lichnomesopsyche gloriae (Mecoptera: Mesopsychidae), from the late Middle Jurassic of northeastern China, showing head, antennae and ~ 10 mm long, hairy proboscis, interpreted as fluid-feeding on ...