The amber color doesn’t get enough credit. Outside of glass jars and vintage casserole dishes, you rarely see homes that take advantage of this warm and versatile color. Even the slightest touches can ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Nearly 100 million years ago in present-day Myanmar, a tiny crab got ...

Imagine a time machine that could whisk you back to the age of the dinosaurs. Suddenly, you find yourself in a dense, swampy forest, with insects buzzing between flowers, ferns, and conifers. Believe ...

Eva-Maria Sadowski, a postdoctoral researcher at the Natural History Museum in Berlin, didn’t have a particular agenda in mind when she decided to borrow the biggest fossil flower preserved in amber ...

The head of a flying dinosaur that is hardly bigger than a bee hummingbird has been discovered in 99-million-year-old amber. The piece of polished amber, just 31mm by 20mm by 8.5mm, was found in ...

It must have been a traumatic event for the little amphibian. No sooner had it hatched from its egg than something tried to eat it, tearing off its leg. It then landed in a sticky deposit of resin, to ...

A study of the Baltic specimen offers new insights into what Europe’s climate was like some 35 million years ago. By Kate Golembiewski Eva-Maria Sadowski, a postdoctoral researcher at the Natural ...