800-plus Fossils Reveal How Bugs Rose From The 'Great Dying'

Around 250 million years ago, a massive extinction event known as the “Great Dying” wiped out nearly every organism on Earth. Scientists know plants and animals bounced back a few million years later and exploded in diversity, but what about insects? These days they’re the most diverse group of organisms on Earth with estimates of as many as 30 million species.
Now, a team of Chinese researchers describes a collection of bug fossils from 237 million years ago that has the