‘Sue’, a 444-million-year-old fossil, reveals stunning soft tissue
PALEONTOLOGY / A recently identified ancient arthropod species has given scientists a first glimpse into the internal anatomy of prehistoric marine animals. Keurbos susanae, a 444-million-year-old fossil discovered in South Africa, has been described in a new study published in the journal Palaeontology...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/sue-fossil-reveals-soft-tissue-preservation/
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This beautiful lady is Solenopsis invicta. Measuring barely over 2 mm long, she is a member of an incredibly successful species.
Unfortunately, she is far outside her native range, and doing incredible damage to her local ecosystem.
It isn't her fault that she's a fire ant.
In my latest blog post/email newsletter I continued my All About Birds mini-series. Here’s Part 3 featuring my natural history art & info:
https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/all-about-birds-part-3
Sometimes I stray away from my nature art to create comics (like this) more about current events. Read more on my latest blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/its-time-for-another-comic
Muscleman tree ant (Podomyrma gratiosa), so called because the large femur makes her looks like she lifts!
Now Bug of the Year is over, normal service can resume!
Here's an incredibly feathery velvet mite (Chyzeriidae) from New Zealand. These active predators wander the forest floor, looking for springtails to ambush and drink dry using their piercing mouthparts! Beautiful but deadly.
I have a special love for Rhiscosomides meineri, this little millipede. I've been finding them a lot in my local area, and I was the first person to have a confirmed record of it on iNaturalist - I even got to submit the request to add the species to the database!
