At 28 millimeters (1.1 inches) across, it’s the largest known flower to be fossilized in amber – three times the size of similar fossils. Sadowski extracted and examined pollen from the amber.

Trapped in the act 38 million years ago, two termites have revealed how fossilized amber can reveal insights into ancient mating behavior. Scientists were puzzled when they saw an extinct pair of ...

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.

This Dominican amber contains Paradoryphoribius chronocaribbeus gen. et. sp. nov. (image amplified in a box), three ants, a beetle and a flower. Dime image digitally added for size comparison.

Researchers believe this pair of termites fossilized in amber 38 million years ago can provide clues to how ancient insects behaved. (Photo by Aleš Buček, Okinawa Institute of Science and ...

The amber in which this crab was found is part of the collection at the Longyin Amber Museum in China. The museum purchased it in 2015 from local miners in Myanmar. (The paper includes the authors ...