The Field Museum in Chicago and the Foundation for Scientific Advancement reported that sediment-encased maturation of pine ...

Typically, 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 ...

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 ...

It is the resin from this very tree that created the precious fossil: Text Today, a vast majority believe the parent tree of succinate [amber – ed.] to be the araucarias of the genus Agathis, and that ...

he remembers wondering. “Could this be a real scorpion in fake amber?” Amber forms when tree resin is fossilized by high temperatures and pressure over millions of years. Artists value its ...

The amber was probably preserved and fossilized because high water levels quickly covered the tree resin, protecting it from ...

Off she skimmed with her companions, winding through the shadowy, towering amber forest ... to the bark of the tree. Finally, perhaps during a storm, the fossilized resin broke loose and came ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Scientists say they’ve found the tiniest dinosaur ever, and it was encased in amber.

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