amber forms over millions of years as tree resin fossilizes, but paleontologists have sped that up, creating amber-like fossils from pine resin in 24 hours. The technique could help reveal the ...

Amber and copal are fossilized tree resins ... Previous research has described fossil resin formations as products of volatile compound loss and polymerization of resin constituents, yet ...

A parasitic wasp that flew among dinosaurs had a Venus flytrap-like contraption on its abdomen that likely allowed it to ...

Ocean waves dislodged the silt and exposed the amber. Around the fossil now lived an array of sea creatures. Crabs scampered over the resin graveyard, fish swam up and nudged amber nuggets ...

This is a petal from the flower of the now-extinct species of algarrobo tree whose resin was the source ... captured in Dominican amber—which includes the largest fossil gathering of land ...

After her death, a man inherited it and noticed that the “rock” could be valuable, so he decided to have it appraised and discovered its true worth.

In Romania, a woman unknowingly stashed a fortune at her doorstep for decades. One of the world's largest intact amber ...

This week, uncover the fossils of the future, see which ancient creature had gigantic claws, investigate large molecules on ...

Amber is coveted the world over as both jewelry and a vessel for prehistoric remnants, with rarer specimens preserving ...