Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest ... Scientists have taken a fresh look at the unique amber fossil, which was first documented in 1872 as belonging to ...

Her curiosity pulled the thread of a more than 150-year-long case of mistaken identity, resulting in a clearer picture of what the Baltic amber forest of Northern Europe looked like more than 33 ...

Amber -- sticky tree resin that hardens and preserves what's inside -- is a window into ancient times. Sometimes it's art, too. A flower trapped in Baltic amber is a stunner for both its size and ...

The antarogekko balticus, a new genus and species of gecko from the Lower Eocene of north-western Russia is described from a superbly preserved specimen in Baltic amber. It is the oldest gekkonid ...

The preserved flower, encased in amber from the Baltic forests of northern Europe, dates from almost 40 million years ago and is thought to be from an ancient flowering evergreen plant originally ...

The world’s oldest army ant has been identified in a block of 35-million-year-old Baltic amber. The unexpected discovery suggests that the blind, belligerent insects – now common in Africa and ...