Conrad Labandiera, Smithsonian palentologist, studies fossils to learn how insects got along before flowering plants arrived In Dinosaurs & Fossils, Science & Nature, Video / 19 July 2012 Related posts: First rainforests arose when plants solved their plumbing problem Beetle and pollen trapped in 105 million-year-old amber reveal fourth major pollination mode in mid-Mesozoic New South Pacific cliff flower is critically endangered Meet Smithsonian archaeologist Stephen Loring and learn how he came work at the Smithsonian’s Arctic Studies Center Tags: fossils, insects, National Museum of Natural History, prehistoric, rocks & minerals