At first glance, the insect trapped in golden resin looked like any other tiny victim of deep time. Only under close ...

Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a flower entombed in Dominican amber, the first-ever specimen of a plant family that has given the world some of the deadliest poisons, including ...

Everything eventually comes back in style. A type of amber thought to be invented by flowering plants may have been en vogue millions of years even before these plants evolved, suggests an analysis of ...

(CNN) — The first fossil evidence of a pine cone sprouting seeds has been preserved in 40 million-year-old amber. Seed germination typically occurs in the ground after a seed has fallen, but several ...

A walnut-size piece of amber from 52-million years ago reveals what scientists say is the oldest, tight-knit partnership between a fungus and a tropical tree. An international team of scientists from ...

"Achieving a volume of 600 tons will allow us to break our own record, increasing amber production at the Primorsky quarry by more than twofold since 2013," the plant’s general director said ...

The first fossil evidence of a pine cone sprouting seeds has been preserved in 40 million-year-old amber. Seed germination typically occurs in the ground after a seed has fallen, but several embryonic ...

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