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Three fossil insects, including an extinct ant, turned up hidden in amber from Goethe’s own collection

Researchers have identified three fossil insects, including a 40-million-year-old extinct ant, inside two pieces of amber ...
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Scientists uncover ancient insects hidden inside historic amber collection

"We have fully processed the specimen and ... created a 3D reconstruction." ...
News Tribune

MU’s important collection of insects has a story to tell

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- About 80 percent of all animals on the planet are insects, and the Enns Entomology Museum at the University of Missouri has one of the most important collections in the world. The ...
UMass Lowell

Bugging Out: Donation of Specimen Collection Boosts Study of Insects

Thousands of preserved bug specimens from around the world have made their way to UMass Lowell to help enhance the study of insects. Biological Sciences Asst. Prof. Christina Kwapich is the new ...
Smithsonian Magazine

To Recreate a 17th-Century Masterwork, an Entomologist at the National Museum of Natural History Got Creative with Butterflies, Bees and a Bit of Rosemary

The display will be featured in a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Art as part of a historic collaboration along the National Mall Jack Tamisiea Collection manager Floyd Shockley used ...
Science Daily

Goethe never knew this 40-million-year-old ant was hidden in his collection

Scientists examining amber from Goethe’s personal collection discovered three hidden fossil insects, including an extinct ant ...
Times Record News

A decades old part of MSU's insect collection yielded a new discovery. More are to be had

A researcher discovered an interesting tiger beetle in the Midwestern State University insect collection. The MSU Texas collection, featuring specimens collected by the late Walter Dalquest, is ...