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Geologists discover that a huge prehistoric tsunami carried amber from coastal forests to deep waters in Japan 115 million ...
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Ninety-nine million years ago in what's now Myanmar, a glob of tree resin oozed onto a beach. Today, the resulting fossilized lump of amber is giving scientists an astonishing glimpse into life on ...
In northern Japan, scientists uncovered soft amber buried 11,000 feet below the sea — a stunning clue to a forgotten ...
Amber objects from the Neolithic era to now will captivate visitors to an exhibition in Hong Kong that tells the history of the fossilised tree resin’s usage.
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Before humans even walked on th earth, a fungus was creating zombies. Scientists have uncovered a haunting scene frozen in 99-million-year-old amber from Myanmar, a tiny fly and an ant infected by a ...
Amber -- sticky tree resin that hardens and preserves what's inside -- is a window into ancient times. Sometimes it's art, too. A flower trapped in Baltic amber is a stunner for both its size and ...
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 ...
Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.