Amber from Tree Sap to Magnificent Artifact, authored by Salman Ali Ahmed al-Hail, adds a rare and meticulously researched work to the Qatari literary landscape. A law graduate of Ajman University of ...

During its lifetime nearly 100 million years ago, a newfound parasitic worm likely made its home in the bellies of fish. So how one ended up preserved in amber, fossilized tree resin, has ...

Researchers remark that the anatomy of this flatworm, preserved in amber for 99 million years, bears a remarkable resemblance to modern flatworms inhabiting shark intestines. Nearly 100 million years ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This object is part of the Education ...

The phenomenon of using DNA from old fossils preserved in amber already inspired Hollywood - in the film Jurassic Park, scientists reproduce the DNA of dinosaurs extracted from a fossil mosquito ...

Jeffrey Stilwell is an Associate Professor (Adj.) at Monash University and a Research Associate at the Australian Museum. Funding for the amber research has come from Monash University, Australian ...

ANTARCTICA (WKRC) - Scientists recently discovered amber fragments that suggest the snow-covered continent of Antarctica could have once been a lush jungle. The idea that Antarctica once looked like ...

Amber is fossilised resin, often from conifer trees that lived millions of years ago. Released from the trees' bark in ...

The flower measures roughly an inch across and is at least three times larger than all other known amber-encased blossoms. Carola Radke / Museum für Naturkunde Berlin In 1872, scientists examined a ...

Researchers have detected DNA from ambrosia beetles that were trapped in recent tree resin for less than seven years. The phenomenon of using DNA from old fossils preserved in amber already inspired ...