Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber in South America for the first time WASHINGTON -- Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time ...

A 112-million-year-old chironomid fly (Diptera: Nematocera) is preserved in amber from Ecuador's Genoveva quarry, representing South America's first discovery of ancient insects trapped in fossilized ...

Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas in 1492 is often presented as a major discovery, but this view obscures a much older reality. Many populations had already set foot on these lands ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

In a new study, researchers said they uncovered part of a skull as well as arm, leg and tail bones from the Lago Colhué Huapi rock formation in Patagonia. They noticed unique features in the bones ...

Insects in 112-million-year-old amber from Ecuador reveal a prehistoric rainforest and new clues about South America’s ...

The first people to arrive in the Western Hemisphere were Indigenous Americans, who were descended from an ancestral group of ...

This marks the first time researchers have identified ancient beetles, flies, ants and wasps in fossilized tree resin in South America, said Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente, a paleoentomologist at the ...