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When most people think of fossils they probably picture bones. But there’s much more to the global fossil record: plants, shells, minerals and insects. The study of fossil insects is called palaeoentomology. Palaeoentomologists like myself seek out and study fossil insects that were trapped in...
No one expects you to climb a mountain to visit a butterfly, unless you’re on the hike up the Compassberg, the peak that looms over Nieu Bethesda.
Nieu Bethesda, the little settlement tucked deep into the folds of the Sneeuberg Mountains, is everyone’s favourite escape hatch.
Bob Brain’s sense of joy with science would lead to a picture of our ancestors as evolving individuals seeking a technological edge.
Ancient animal species like the sea lamprey, mayfly and sturgeon have resisted change for hundreds of millions of years.