For the first time ever, researchers have discovered an amber fossil in Antarctica. It provides the best evidence there is [… ...

The discovery comes from a fossil of an ancient firefly species that was initially discovered in 2016, trapped in 99 ...

Until now, amber fossils had been found on every one of Earth's continents, except for Antarctica. But in the new study, published Tuesday (Nov. 12) in the journal Antarctic Science, researchers ...

Approximately 38 million years ago two termites were in the middle of courtship behavior when they got entrapped by tree resin and preserved in fossilized amber. This, so far, oldest and only ...

Scientists have used the latest computer-imaging technology to produce stunning three-dimensional pictures of a 49 million-year-old spider trapped inside an opaque piece of fossilized amber resin.

Amber, which is produced when plant resins are fossilized, had previously been found only as far south as New Zealand. However, Johann Klages at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven ...

It is hardly possible to talk about fossil insects in amber without the 1993 movie Jurassic Park entering the debate. The idea of recreating dinosaurs by extracting DNA from insects in amber has held ...

"Chimerarachne fills the gap between Palaeozoic arachnids with tails known from rocks (uraraneids) and true spiders, and the fact the new fossils have been wonderfully preserved in Burmese amber ...

Feathered dinosaurs were covered in ticks just like modern animals, fossil evidence shows. Parasites similar to modern ticks have been found inside pieces of amber from Myanmar dating back 99 ...

On our interactive map, sample major sources of fossil-bearing amber and learn about their age, distribution, and other interesting facts that set them apart from one another. To launch the ...

There are two floors worth of amber specimens, some fossilized. One of the highlights is a fossilized lizard dating back millions of years. And if you're planning on purchasing some amber jewelry ...