A nearly 100 million-year-old firefly fossilized in amber sheds light on how the bioluminescent insects evolved during the ...

A strange fossil firefly found trapped in amber in Myanmar is shedding new light on the origin of glowing insects, scientists ...

Million-Year-Old Firefly-Like Fossil Trapped in Amber, Scientists Reveal It Is Unexpected New Species From Dinosaur Era A fossil from the late Mesozoic period was discovered in Myanmar, containing an ...

The discovery comes from a fossil of an ancient firefly ... Cai also helped to identify from Burmese amber in 2021 — due to the fossilized insect’s unique serrate antennae that modern ...

The Burmese amber containing the fossil firefly from ... The Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers say the fossil insect represents a new genus and species called Flammarionella hehaikuni.

“As well as having their beautiful and striking golden color, these fossils are spectacularly preserved,” study co-author and University of Oxford paleontologist Luke Parry said in a statement. “They ...