Amber, the fossilised tree resin, is often known as ‘The Gold of the North’ or the ‘Gem of the Baltic’, because of its beautiful colour. According to the first Polish monograph devoted to it, the 1833 ...

Today, Antarctica is a huge frozen continent, though it was once temperate enough to be covered in swampy forests. Now, a ...

Frogs trapped in amber for 99 million years are giving a glimpse of a lost world. The tiny creatures have been preserved in sticky tree resin since the end of the Age of the Dinosaurs. The four ...

For the first time, amber fragments have been recovered from Antarctica, or, to be more specific, from an offshore ...

German researchers found amber in Antarctica for the first time, proving it had trees 90 million years ago. In 2017, the ...

Ancient amber found in Antarctica uncovers a 90-million-year-old rainforest, revealing insights into its warm, prehistoric ...

(Klages et al., Antarctic Research, 2024) The amber was probably preserved and fossilized because high water levels quickly covered the tree resin, protecting it from ultraviolet radiation and ...

It reveals that this icy expanse once supported resin-producing trees and lush, swampy forests. The study documents this “Pine Island amber,” a mid-Cretaceous find dating back roughly 90 ...

Scientists have discovered the first-ever sample of fossilized tree resin, known as amber, on Earth's southernmost continent ...