Fossils

98-Million-Year-Old Mantis in Amber Reveals Leaf-Like Camouflage

A mantis preserved in Myanmar amber provides the earliest clear fossil evidence of leaf mimicry in mantises, according to research reported by ScienceAlert.

November 14, 2026

by Olivia Taylor

A kangaroo, representing Australia's living marsupials studied in marsupial evolution research

Ancient Teeth From Riversleigh Point to a Tangled Start for Australia’s Marsupials

Three tiny fossil species from Queensland's Riversleigh deposits do not fit the marsupial family tree, and UNSW palaeontologists have proposed a new order, Keeunamorphia, to hold them. The find hints Australia's marsupials had several ancestors, not one.

June 15, 2026

by Technology Desk