Amber from Tree Sap to Magnificent Artifact, authored by Salman Ali Ahmed al-Hail, adds a rare and meticulously researched work to the Qatari literary landscape. A law graduate of Ajman University of ...

This is the first large discovery of insect-laden amber in South America, and it gives great insights into Cretaceous life in ...

Forged over millions of years and sought after by traders and emperors throughout history, amber – the precious fossilised tree resin known for its breathtakingly warm hues – is the subject of a new ...

An incredible 99-million-year-old chunk of amber contains several trapped marine gastropods, as well as an extinct ammonite, according to a new paper. Amber is fossilized tree resin, and occasionally ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Amber found in the Amazon forest region of Ecuador containing a trove of well-preserved fossils of wasps, midges, flies, beetles and other insects is giving a glimpse of a ...

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

During its lifetime nearly 100 million years ago, a newfound parasitic worm likely made its home in the bellies of fish. So how one ended up preserved in amber, fossilized tree resin, has ...

A researcher found treasure trove of Cretaceous feathers trapped in tree resin. The resin turned to resilient amber, preserving some 80 million-year-old protofeathers, possibly from non-avian ...

A host of bugs, fungus and other life forms have been found trapped in amber from the time of the dinosaurs. The 95-million-year-old amber deposit could shed light on when and where plants first ...