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This is what part of the forest soundtrack might have sounded like in the time of the dinosaurs

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150 million years ago, the Jurassic forests probably echoed with sounds of which we know little. However, insect fossils have just provided valuable clues about this mysterious soundtrack, revealing in particular acoustic signals at surprisingly high frequencies...

05/09/2026 futura-terre ⚙ Auto-translated

A coffee-table-size scorpion roamed Earth before forests existed

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A meter-long scorpion with massive pincers stalked ancient Britain 415 million years ago, long before forests and the better-known age of giant insects. Its surprising size and possible semi-aquatic lifestyle could reshape ideas about how early arthropods became giants.

02/09/2026 sciencedaily

324-million-year-old fossil reveals how insects conquered land

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Ancient fossils suggest insects conquered land through a long amphibious phase rather than making an abrupt jump from water to dry ground. A newly identified 324-million-year-old species still carried paddle-like abdominal limbs, revealing an evolutionary bridge between aquatic ancestors and modern six-legged insects.

27/08/2026 sciencedaily

Scientists Reconstruct Sound of Jurassic Insects

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Using lasers, computer models and AI, researchers reconstructed the calls of 165-million-year-old relatives of modern crickets and katydids from fossilized wing fragments found in China. The post Scientists Reconstruct Sound of Jurassic Insects appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

25/08/2026 sci-news

Ancient bees turned tooth sockets into tiny nurseries 20,000 years ago

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A stunning fossil discovery shows that ancient bees used the empty tooth sockets of mammal bones as tiny nests after owls scattered the bones across a cave floor 20,000 years ago. It's the first known evidence of bees nesting inside animal bones, revealing an astonishingly creative survival strategy.

05/07/2026 sciencedaily