A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head.The insect, along with a ...

Approximately 38 million years ago two termites were in the middle of courtship behavior when they got entrapped by tree resin and preserved in fossilized amber. This, so far, oldest and ...

The tiny forefoot of a lizard of the genus Anolis was trapped in amber about 15 to 20 million years ago. Every detail of this rare fossil is visible under the microscope. But the seemingly very good ...

The piece of Russian amber allowed scientists to recreate the ancient scene from the past and understand current animal behavior. The fossil, found in Kaliningrad, Russia, is a "unicorn" because it ...

Amber preserves life from millions of years ago with remarkable detail. This video explains how tree resin becomes gemstone, why the Baltic region is rich with amber deposits, and how these golden ...

In a remarkable scientific breakthrough, paleontologists have uncovered fossils preserved in amber that suggest ancient fungi, similar to the modern-day Ophiocordyceps, were parasitizing insects over ...