Meet “Noo-Noo”: A 99-Million-Year-Old Insect with a Surprising Secret

TAU researchers discover a new insect species from the age of the dinosaurs, revealing an unusual feeding mechanism that has disappeared from the insect world today. תוכן: Some 99 million years ago, during the age of the dinosaurs, a tiny insect belonging to a species previously unknown to science became trapped in tree resin. The resin hardened and turned into amber, and the fossil preserved within it has now enabled a team of researchers from the School of Zoology and The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History to identify and describea new species: Cretodorus noonoo, or “Noo-Noo.” Alongside th