A modern day gold rush is taking place along the coast of a Russian town after a storm washed a small fortune in amber onto the beach. Amber is fossilized tree resin valued enormously for its colour ...

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 a ...

Amber from Tree Sap to Magnificent Artifact, authored by Salman Ali Ahmed al-Hail, adds a rare and meticulously researched work to the Qatari literary landscape. A law graduate of Ajman University of ...

Trees and their ancestors have been on our planet for more than 350 million years. It seems rather fitting both tree scientists and jewelers treasure their fossilized parts. Amber is fossilized tree ...

Forged over millions of years and sought after by traders and emperors throughout history, amber – the precious fossilised tree resin known for its breathtakingly warm hues – is the subject of a new ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This object is part of the Education ...

Ants trapped in amber reveal possible partnerships and parasites, offering a rare glimpse into ecosystems from nearly 100 ...

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 ...

An incredible 99-million-year-old chunk of amber contains several trapped marine gastropods, as well as an extinct ammonite, according to a new paper. Amber is fossilized tree resin, and occasionally ...

IT was famously used to help bring dinosaurs back to life in the blockbusting film Jurassic Park. Now the incredible story of amber and its variety of uses spanning millions of years is to be told at ...

Movie prop used by Sir Richard Attenborough in the film Jurassic Park on view at the Amazing Amber exhibition in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2013. Somewhere in South America, a miner finds a piece of ...