Scientists recently made a fascinating discovery involving amber, a substance known for preserving ancient organisms.

Imagine holding a piece of golden resin in your hand, only to discover that inside, time itself has been trapped—along with ...

Amber and copal are fossilized tree resins prized ... and sometimes fragrant tree resins. While the resulting resin exhibits features typical of copal and amber, it may not be chemically identical ...

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 ...

New Jersey Institute of Technology researchers uncover evidence of 16-million-year-old ant from the Caribbean.

Learn about the extinct species of "dirt ant" that was found in 16-million-year-old Dominican amber, adding an important ...

Besides plants and flowers, a dinosaur tail, a crab, a hell ant, a spider mom and her young, and a firefly have been found entombed in globs of tree resin.A fossil enthusiast purchased the amber ...

Besides plants and flowers, a dinosaur tail, a crab, a hell ant, a spider mom and her young, and a firefly have been found entombed in globs of tree resin.A fossil enthusiast purchased the amber ...