- ...that the discovery of Archaeamphora longicervia, the first known carnivorous plant, suggests that flowering plants should have originated much earlier than previously thought?
- ... that the extinct brown lacewing Cretomerobius is known from both the Cretaceous and Eocene?
- ... that lice from mummified guinea pigs and mites preserved in amber while feeding on spiders have provided evidence for researchers in the field of paleoparasitology?
- ... that ants of the extinct genus Haidomyrmex could possibly open their mandibles to almost twice their head size?
- ... that in 1946, orientalist Mikhail Evgenievich Masson organized the South Turkmenistan Complex Archaeological Expedition?