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Voici à quoi pouvait ressembler une partie de la bande-son des forêts au temps des dinosaures

Jurassic fossil Dinosauria insect

Il y a 150 millions d’années, les forêts jurassiques résonnaient probablement de sons dont nous ignorons presque tout. Des fossiles d’insectes viennent pourtant de livrer de précieux indices sur cette mystérieuse bande-son, révélant notamment des signaux acoustiques aux fréquences étonnamment...

05/09/2026 futura-terre

A coffee-table-size scorpion roamed Earth before forests existed

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A meter-long scorpion with massive pincers stalked ancient Britain 415 million years ago, long before forests and the better-known age of giant insects. Its surprising size and possible semi-aquatic lifestyle could reshape ideas about how early arthropods became giants.

02/09/2026 sciencedaily

324-million-year-old fossil reveals how insects conquered land

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Ancient fossils suggest insects conquered land through a long amphibious phase rather than making an abrupt jump from water to dry ground. A newly identified 324-million-year-old species still carried paddle-like abdominal limbs, revealing an evolutionary bridge between aquatic ancestors and modern six-legged insects.

27/08/2026 sciencedaily

Scientists Reconstruct Sound of Jurassic Insects

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Using lasers, computer models and AI, researchers reconstructed the calls of 165-million-year-old relatives of modern crickets and katydids from fossilized wing fragments found in China. The post Scientists Reconstruct Sound of Jurassic Insects appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

25/08/2026 sci-news

Ancient bees turned tooth sockets into tiny nurseries 20,000 years ago

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A stunning fossil discovery shows that ancient bees used the empty tooth sockets of mammal bones as tiny nests after owls scattered the bones across a cave floor 20,000 years ago. It's the first known evidence of bees nesting inside animal bones, revealing an astonishingly creative survival strategy.

05/07/2026 sciencedaily