Science

For the lover of amber and the dead creatures encased in a golden tomb.

Hypothesis that the symbiosis of the wood roach with a cellulose digesting protozoa caused the early Triassic coal hiatus.

Online version of a book outlining the paleontology of 3,100 species of fossil flies throughout the world.

Information about the history and the current state of palaeoentomology in Russia. Provides information about the staff and collections of the Arthropods Laboratory, Moscow. Site in both Russian and English.

The preservation of insects in sedimentary rocks is relatively rare. This article discusses the evolution of insects and provides photographs of some fossilized hexapod remains.