{
  "id": 12239483,
  "title": "Rare insect discovery reveals a new species from the dinosaur age",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/rare-insect-discovery-reveals-a-new-species-from-the-dinosaur-age",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-05T21:40:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-rare-insect-discovery-reveals-species.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Some 99 million years ago, during the age of the dinosaurs, a tiny insect belonging to a species previously unknown to science became trapped in tree resin. The resin hardened and turned into amber, and the fossil preserved within it has now enabled a team of researchers from the School of Zoology and The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History to identify and describe a new species: Cretodorus…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}