Nematodes (roundworms) are distributed worldwide in almost all habitats. The Mermithidae, a family of nematodes larger than others, are obligate invertebrate parasites which occur in insects, ...

A Danish amber collector's find upon a wild North Sea shore in the 1960's has proved to be of great and surprising significance. After having thoroughly examined the roughly 40-million-year-old piece ...

A set of amber specimens once owned by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe contains insect fossils that have been preserved in resin for tens of millions of years. Goethe's Baltic amber collection, kept at the ...