Amber Specimens Reveal Vivid Colors Of 99-Million-Year-Old Insects
(World News Science)

Incredible specimens preserved in amber for 99 million years have revealed the amazing technicolor of insects that were alive when dinosaurs were still roaming the Earth. A new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B demonstrates in stunning technicolor what some insects from the mid-Cretaceous looked like, shedding new light on the behavior and ecology of insects in the deep geological past. It`s unusual for fine structural detail to be preserved in the fossil record, meaning the coloration of most prehistoric animals involves extensive analysis combined with some artistic...