Trapped in time
“Fossils trapped in amber can reveal astonishing insights about the lives of ancient organisms. Amber can preserve life forms in incredible detail, from their three-dimensional anatomy down to cellular level. It also often catches animals in the middle of an action, like copulation, feeding or pollination, thus providing valuable information about the behavior of a species.
Fossils may also reveal insights into the relationship between parasites and their hosts and how they coevolved. Parasitic relationships, where one species benefits from another – and usually to the other’s detriment – are widespread and crucial for ecosystems. A better understanding of how these relationships have changed over time is thus vital for predicting future changes to diversity (Farrell et al., 2021)….” see in eLife