Israeli, Chinese researchers uncover prehistoric insect's "bendy drinking straw"

NAMPA / Xinhua

2026-08-23

JERUSALEM, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Israeli and Chinese researchers have uncovered an unusual feeding organ that may have helped an insect survive in harsh prehistoric forests approximately 100 million years ago, Israel's Tel Aviv University said in a statement on Sunday. The researchers from Tel Aviv University and Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, studied fossilized insects preserved in amber from the Cre......

Restricted content

Latest NAMPA photos

UUKWANDONGO, 22 August 2026 — Omukwaniilwa (King) Johannes Mupiya of the Ongandjera Traditional Authority has officially handed over more than 60 hectares of fertile land to the state to bolster agricultural production and national food security. Prime Minister Dr. Elijah Ngurare accepted the land grant on behalf of the government during a ceremony on Saturday. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

NAMPA

EPUKIRO, 22 August 2026 - Epukiro Constituency Councillor, Pineal 'Packy' Pakarae. (Photo: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

NAMPA

HELAO NAFIDI, 22 August 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah speaking at the opening of the Helao Nafidi Sports Centre. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

NAMPA

HELAO NAFIDI, 22 August 2026 - The sports field of the new Helao Nafidi Sports Centre. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

NAMPA

HELAO NAFIDI, 22 August 2026 - The sports field of the new Helao Nafidi Sports Centre. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

NAMPA

HELAO NAFIDI, 22 August 2026 - The sports field of the new Helao Nafidi Sports Centre. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

NAMPA

HELAO NAFIDI, 22 August 2026 - The pavilion at the sports field of the new Helao Nafidi Sports Centre. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

NAMPA

EPUKIRO, 22 August 2026 - Agricultural sector key in achieving NDP6 (Photo: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

NAMPA