Amber is fossilized tree resin. Unlike traditional fossils found on land or in the sea, amber can preserve ancient life forms in incredible detail. It’s often considered the “holy grail” of ...

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head.The insect, along with a ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon State University researcher has discovered an extinct, previously unidentified species of cockroach that was fossilized in amber some 30 million years ago, the ...

Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen, forever showcasing an ephemeral moment in our planet's past. Scientists have ...

A rare fossilized amber has provided a glimpse into a 112-million-year-old Cretaceous ecosystem in South America during the age of dinosaurs. The University of Barcelona studied an amber deposit ...

It looks like tapeworms have been upsetting guts for around 100 million years, as paleontologists believe they have discovered the first-ever proper fossil of one of the parasites. The partial ...

The piece of Russian amber allowed scientists to recreate the ancient scene from the past and understand current animal behavior. The fossil, found in Kaliningrad, Russia, is a "unicorn" because it ...

When dinosaurs roamed Earth, their surroundings looked very different than the world of today. But there were also some similarities. And now scientists have confirmed a new one: Diverse firefly ...