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Grass found in Baltic amber

Geology Page - October 18, 2021

Amber piece from the site of San Just with dinosaur feather remains. Credits: S. Álvarez Parra et al. Scientific Reports

Palaeontologists describe a preservation process unique to resins

Diverse structural-colored insects in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar. Credit: NIGPAS

Amber fossils unlock true color of 99-million-year-old insects

Burmese amber with Oculudentavis skull nearly perfectly preserved inside. Credit: Lida Xing

Hummingbird : Smallest Known Dinosaur Found in Amber

A tiny lizard forefoot of the genus Anolis is trapped in amber that is about 15 to 20 million years old. Credit: Jonas Barthel

Rare lizard fossil preserved in amber

100-million-year-old Discoscapa apicula. The bee is carrying four beetle triungulins. Credit: George Poinar Jr., OSU College of Science.

Fossilized insect from 100 million years ago is oldest record of...

Geology Page - February 15, 2020

100 million-year-old amber piece with lizard leg and mycomycete (arrow).

100 million years in amber: Researchers discover oldest fossilized slime mold

Geology Page - January 8, 2020

The best-preserved fossil of the group includes the skull, forelimbs, part of a backbone and a partial hind limb of a small, juvenile frog now known as Electrorana limoae.

Amber fossils provide oldest evidence of frogs in wet, tropical forests

Geology Page - June 14, 2018

This silk-wrapped tick subsequently was entombed in amber that may have dripped from a nearby tree.

For 100 million years, amber freezes a tableau of tick’s worst...

Geology Page - June 14, 2018

Time flies: Insect fossils in amber shed light on India’s geological...

Geology Page - May 17, 2017

Amber Colors : What Are the Different Colors of Amber?

Geology Page - April 29, 2017

Blind dates in the amber world

Geology Page - October 5, 2016

Rare Dinosaur-Era Bird Wings Trapped in Amber

Geology Page - June 29, 2016

Blue Amber : What is is Blue Amber? How it Formed?

Geology Page - May 8, 2016

First microwhip scorpion from Mesozoic period found in Burmese amber

Geology Page - March 10, 2016

99 million years old Lizards Trapped in Amber Give Clues to...

Geology Page - March 6, 2016

Trapped in Amber: Rutgers Botanist Names New Flower Species

Geology Page - February 16, 2016

100-mllion-year-old amber preserves oldest animal societies

Geology Page - February 12, 2016

A penis in amber

Geology Page - February 3, 2016

Researchers Use Prehistoric Amber to Test Glass Theory

Geology Page - June 14, 2015

Amber reveals earliest example of maternal care in insects

Geology Page - March 31, 2015

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Geology Page - February 2, 2015

Carnivorous plants from the Baltic amber forest

Geology Page - December 4, 2014

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