Stunning amber deposits preserve insects from the time of the dinosaurs
A sand mine in Ecuador has unearthed the first amber in South America containing biological elements, including spider webs and a collection of mosquitoes, beetles, flie…
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A sand mine in Ecuador has unearthed the first amber in South America containing biological elements, including spider webs and a collection of mosquitoes, beetles, flie…
Amazing treasures from different cultures around the world have been stolen or mysteriously disappeared during wars.
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For the first time, researchers have found pieces of amber from a sedimentary basin off the coast of Antarctica.
A piece of Burmese amber has become a paleontological treasure after it trapped a glowing dinosaur-era creature.
Warm-colored amber samples act as a 3-dimensional window to help scientists recreate ancient ecosystems through the countless animal and plant entities they contain.
The small globe-shaped 1505 watch in gold-plated bronze is a combination of German engineering and Eastern identity.
A pair of termites trapped in tree sap while preparing to have sex 38 million years ago has revealed valuable information about the mating behavior of extinct insects.
Typical artifacts, attracting viewers' attention at the exhibition ''History of the formation of the earth through a collection of fossil artifacts
In nature there are many strange things, but not everyone has the opportunity to see them. Here are 7 strange things in the world that have been recorded.
A tiny fragment of an asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago may be in the amber at the Tanis fossil site in the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota.
Paleontologists have discovered two extremely rare fossil flowers inside Cretaceous amber found under dinosaur footprints.
Chinese scientists have discovered a prehistoric insect from Cretaceous amber that shows the earliest ant-mimicking behavior.
Scientists on July 1 announced the discovery of amber fossils from the Cretaceous period still preserve the true colors of ancient insects.
The 99 million-year-old amber skull fossils revealed an unknown bird-like dinosaur, only 5 cm long.