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.

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 ...

Now, a team of scientists has discovered fossilized tree resin—amber—on the continent for the first time. The researchers found the amber in a sediment core recovered from 3,103 feet (946 ...

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 ...

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

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