Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Esteban Cortez Credit: Esteban Cortez The amber color doesn’t get enough credit. Outside of glass jars and vintage ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

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 continent ...

Imagine a time machine that could whisk you back to the age of the dinosaurs. Suddenly, you find yourself in a dense, swampy forest, with insects buzzing between flowers, ferns, and conifers. Believe ...

A small piece of amber found in West Antarctica is changing how scientists picture the continent’s past. Pulled from the Pine Island Trough, it shows that resin-producing trees once lived close to the ...

The fossilization process is an unrelenting slog of decay, compression and erosion that can take millions of years and favors the preservation of tough material such as bones, teeth and shells. But ...

Scientists have officially identified the largest fossilized flower ever recorded: a nearly 40 million-year-old flower entombed in a hunk of amber, according to a study published Jan. 12 in the ...