Orchids Emerged During the Dinosaur Era

We do not know if dino lover boys used them to impress their girls, but dinosaurs surely enjoyed orchids before their demise, as revealed by a newfound fossil. A block of amber (fossil resin) encasing an extinct, stingless bee (Proplebeia dominicana) carrying a clump of orchid pollen on its b... [ read more >> ]

The fossil bee with the fossil pollen on its back

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The fossil bee with the fossil pollen on its back