Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen, forever showcasing an ephemeral moment in our planet’s past.

The Baltic amber flower’s identity hadn’t been revised until Dr. Sadowski’s paper in Scientific Reports was published Thursday. Plants in amber are a rarity.

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 ...

Flower trapped in amber for 34 million years is ‘extraordinary and beautiful’ Measuring nearly 3cm wide, the flower was found in the Baltic forests of northern Europe.

5,000-Year-Old Baltic Amber Is Oldest Ever Found On Iberian Peninsula The foreign amber was found in a grave that provided the final "resin" place for at least 12 people. Benjamin Taub.

Biggest Flower Ever Found Preserved in Amber Is at Least 33 Million Years Old Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET.

The five-petal flower was preserved in amber and was unearthed in 1872 from a mine in Kaliningrad, Russia. It is about one inch wide and is three times larger than the second-biggest bloom ...

Iron Age amber beads from the Baltic Sea found in Syria. Credit: M. N. Mortensen et al. / National Museum of Denmark A recent analysis of beads discovered in the ancient city of Hama, Syria, has ...