Patrick Pester is a freelance writer and previously a staff writer at Live Science. His background is in wildlife conservation and he has worked with endangered species around the world. Patrick holds a master's degree in international journalism from Cardiff University in the U.K.
A rare piece of amber has preserved the mating behavior of 38 million-year-old termites, researchers have revealed.
Co-author Aleš Buček, head of the Laboratory of Insect Symbiosis at the Czech Academy of Sciences, saw the amber in an online fossil shop and immediately recognized its significance, according to a statement released by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan. The two termites were preserved side by side, with the female's mouth touching the tip of the male's abdomen. Close abdomen contact is part of a common mating behavior in living termites called tandem running. Mating pairs use tandem running to stay together while looking for nest sites. However, living termites run in a straight line, with one termite following directly behind the other, so the side-by-side position of the fossilized pair would be unusual for this behavior.
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