Amber catches creatures in incredible detail. These fossil insects in amber are a link between ancient Gondwana and modern Australian forests.
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Preserved in amber, a tiny beetle has shed light on the moment the world first burst into bloom.
The fossil includes the tiny creature’s original bone and flesh.
The skull of Oculudentavis, found encased in amber, provides new clues into the transition from dinosaurs to birds and may be smallest of either ever found.
Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old amber bead scam. But humans have been making fake jewels and icons for much longer than that.
For the first time, feathers, bone and skin of the earliest birds have been found, trapped in amber.
The bacteria responsible for Lyme disease existed millions of years before humans, according to new fossil evidence. Researcher…
On the same day that the latest instalment of the Jurassic Park film series has been confirmed, a study published in the journal PLOS One has detailed experiments that seem to demonstrate once and for…
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