Bizarre creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say
A parasitic wasp that flew among dinosaurs had a Venus flytrap-like contraption on its abdomen that likely allowed it to ...
You Can Make Amber Fossils in 24 Hours, Instead of Millions of Years
Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric ...
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Ancient wasp may have used its rear end to trap flies
Bizarre parasitic wasps preserved in amber about 99 million years ago had trap-like abdomens that they may have used to ...
Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey
An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, ...
Wasp from the dinosaur era found preserved in amber—its jaws are unlike anything seen before
A unique parasitic wasp from 99 million years ago, preserved in Cretaceous period amber, featured a Venus flytrap-like ...
Meet Sirenobethylus charybdis: Bizarre wasp with ‘venus flytrap’ abdomen found after 99M years
A 99-million-year-old wasp fossil buried in amber, which shows an unusual, jaw-like abdominal trait, implies an horrific ...
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Ancient, Parasitic Wasp Used Its Rear End Like a Venus Flytrap to Catch Insects and Lay Its Eggs on Them, Study Suggests
Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...
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Dinosaur-era wasp may have snatched its prey: ‘Truly fascinating’
Researchers uncovered an ancient wasp with a Venus flytrap-like structure in 99-million-year-old amber. Here's what they have learned about the new species.
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Scientists create lab-grown amber-like resin to study fossil preservation
Future experiments will refine temperature and pressure parameters and explore resin sources from taxa known for polymerizable diterpenoids to achieve closer fidelity to naturally occurring amber.