The fossils were found in northeastern China. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Insects that lived 160 million years ago wore ...

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MITCHELL, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The first-ever described fossil grasshopper eggs and egg pod on Earth has been found in the Sheep Rock Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, the National Park ...

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(CNN) — In an ancient temperate forest in what is now Oregon, an insect dug deep into a sandy bank near a creek. There, in a damp burrow, she laid dozens of oblong eggs, about 50 in all. Despite her ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The first-ever described fossilized grasshopper nest has been identified after scientists discovered the 29-million-year-old fossil in the John Day Fossil Beds in 2016, the ...

Earlier this month, scientists described what they believe to be the world’s first fossil of prehistoric grasshopper eggs. The grapefruit-sized fossil containing more than 50 grasshopper eggs was ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fossil arthropod entombed in 100-million-year-old Burmese amber has been identified as a new genus and species of froghopper, known today as an insect with prodigious ...

In an ancient temperate forest in what is now Oregon, an insect dug deep into a sandy bank near a creek. There, in a damp burrow, she laid dozens of oblong eggs, about 50 in all. Despite her careful ...