Fossil resins, particularly amber, are valuable materials that provide ... but also for the conservation of amber artifacts and the jewelry industry. One significant area of research involves ...
Ocean waves dislodged the silt and exposed the amber. Around the fossil now lived an array of sea creatures. Crabs scampered over the resin graveyard, fish swam up and nudged amber nuggets ...
Even in amber fossils, that's a rarity. We also found a true biting midge that's still around today ( Austroconops ). It's ...