Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric ...

Scientists have finally solved the mystery of how the fossilized feathers of a 30,000-year-old vulture were preserved with ...

About 99 million years ago, this horned "hell ant" was in the midst of devouring a prehistoric cockroach when it got stuck in ...

Researchers studying 100-million-year-old fossils found in amber discover that Cretaceous lacewings had sophisticated larval eyes.

tar (like the famous La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles), or amber, in which ancient insects have been found, wonderfully preserved. Rare but highly informative are fossils created by a sudden event ...

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

The fossils were preserved in amber about 100 million years ago, which allowed the team to conduct detailed investigations and measurements. They found that the size and orientation of the larval ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest fossil evidence of insect larvae with highly developed eyes, revealing that some ancient larvae had advanced vision much earlier than previously thought. The ...

Under certain conditions fossils might not have been created ... For example, dead animals and plants can be preserved in amber, peat bogs, tar pits, or in ice. Amber close amberHardened tree ...