The study concludes that the amber was originally formed as resin in coastal forests. During massive tsunami events, entire ...

Scientists in Japan have uncovered amber deposits that may hold elusive evidence of tsunamis that occurred between 114 ...

Japanese geologists have linked ancient amber layers on the seafloor to a massive landslide-triggered tsunami during the age ...

Amber, which is fossilized tree resin — a fluid produced by trees — can also be transported to the ocean when a tsunami sweeps trees and plant debris out to sea, leaving behind a record of the tsunami ...

Paleontologists discovered the oldest ant species on the planet, 113 million years old and with scythe-shaped jaws.

The researchers suggested the amber had likely been swept into the ocean by one or more tsunamis, with little contact with ...

Recent scientific research uncovered evidence of a tsunami that occurred over 100 million years ago in northern Japan. Amber ...

Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric fossilization of the real stuff. By Richard Fisher Amber is coveted the world over ...

This groundbreaking research, published in Scientific Reports, suggests that massive waves carried amber, the fossilized ...

A polished piece of amber from Myanmar has revealed one of the most significant fossil discoveries in recent years– an ...

Oddly shaped deposits of tree resin point to massive waves that struck northern Japan roughly 115 million years ago and swept a forest into the sea.

Amber deposits found in ancient deep-sea sediment may represent one of the oldest records to date of a tsunami, suggests ...