Time and again, over hundreds of millions of years, environmental disturbances have
caused mass extinctions of animals ranging from reptiles to corals. The anthropogenic loss …

While Mesozoic, Paleogene, and Neogene insect faunas greatly resemble the modern one,
the Paleozoic fauna provides unique insights into key innovations in insect evolution, such …

Herbivorous arthropods are the most diverse group of multicellular organisms on Earth. The
most discussed drivers of their inordinate taxonomic and functional diversity are high niche …

Insect parasites and parasitoids are a major component of terrestrial food webs. For
parasitoids, categorization is whether feeding activity is located inside or outside its host, if …

Insects evolved various modifications to their mouthparts, allowing for a broad exploration of
feeding modes. In ants, workers perform non-reproductive tasks like excavation, food …

The invasion of the land was a complex, protracted process, punctuated by mass extinctions,
that involved multiple routes from marine environments. We integrate paleobiology …

Florivory (flower consumption) occurs worldwide in modern angiosperms, associated with
pollen and nectar consumption. However, florivory remains unrecorded from fossil flowers …

Owing to their prevalence in nowadays terrestrial ecosystems, insects are a relevant group
to assess the impact of mass extinctions on emerged land. However, limitations of the insect …

The paper overviews the fossil record of insects with long mouthparts and rostra adapted to
feeding on floral nectar and pollination drops of extinct gymnosperms. The presence of …

Quantitative studies rarely address arthropod herbivory on early angiosperms. We assessed
arthropod herbivory from highly sampled, abundant, diverse, and well preserved Early …