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Grass found in Baltic amber

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

A bundle of giant sperm of the present-day ostracod crustacean Cyclocypris serena. Photo credit: R. Matzke-Karasz.

World’s Oldest Animal Sperm Trapped in Amber

Ostracod crustaceans were entrapped in this tiny piece of Cretaceous amber found in Myanmar.

The oldest known sperm cells

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

Aneuretopsychidae from Late Cretaceous Burmese amber. Credit: NIGPAS

Amber specimens reveal origin of long mouthpart of scorpionflies

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...

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

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

The newly described millipede (Burmanopetalum inexpectatum) seen in amber.

99-million-year-old millipede discovered in Burmese amber

The fossil beetle, Propiestus archaicus, preserved in amber.

Tiny beetle trapped in amber might show how landmasses shifted

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Early amber trade: Sicilian amber in Western Europe predates arrival of...

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

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...

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

Amber Colors : What Are the Different Colors of Amber?

99-million-year-old termite-loving thieves caught in Burmese amber

Mid-Mesozoic beetle in amber stirs questions on rise of flowering plants...

Ancient, scary and alien-looking specimen forms a rarity in the insect...

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