But the spider's misfortune is our delight. Thanks to nature, the epic struggle -- pitting a pesky parasite against its vengeful host -- became immortalized, gifting us a brief glimpse into ancient ...

Imagine holding a piece of golden resin in your hand, only to discover that inside, time itself has been trapped—along with ...

How amber creates exquisite fossils A warm-hued material prized by jewelry makers, amber takes more than 40,000 years to form. See pictures of some of the finest specimens.

Archaeologists in Myanmar have discovered the preserved skull of the smallest dinosaur to ever inhabit the Earth entombed in amber. For nearly 100 million years, the half-inch skull filled with ...

Today, Antarctica is a huge frozen continent, though it was once temperate enough to be covered in swampy forests. Now, a team of scientists has discovered fossilized tree resin—amber—on the ...

Scientists say nothing similar is seen in nature today. ... Bizarre creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say By Katie Hunt, CNN ...

Scientists believe they have found evidence of a 116-year-old tsunami in amber, potentially the oldest recording of one to date.. Investigating deep-sea sediment on Hokkaido Island in northern ...

A rare 16 million-year-old ant preserved in amber is helping scientists uncover new secrets about one of nature's most elusive insects. The newly discovered species of "dirt ant" -- named for its ...

Roughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. Researchers have now made the southernmost discovery of amber in the world.