You Can Make Amber Fossils in 24 Hours, Instead of Millions of Years
Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric ...
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Prehistoric ‘Hell Ant’ Found Frozen Inside Amber Fossil Devouring Its Prey
About 99 million years ago, this horned "hell ant" was in the midst of devouring a prehistoric cockroach when it got stuck in ...
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Researchers Amazed To Find 99-Million-Year-Old Dangerous Wasp 'Weaponized Bumbag' Trapped in Amber
The wasp Sirenobethylus charybdis proves that nature’s creativity in predation and survival strategies has been at play for ...
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Bizarre creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say
A fossil enthusiast purchased the amber containing Sirenobethylus charybdis, which came from Myanmar’s Kachin region near the border with China, several years ago and donated it to Capital ...
Doorstop Rock Confirmed As 70 Million-Year-Old Amber Worth $1.1 Million
Romanian authorities sent the amber to the Museum of History in Krakow, Poland, which specialises in semi-precious stones.
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The smallest dinosaur ever was found encased in amber
Scientists say they’ve found the tiniest dinosaur ever, and it was encased in amber. The fossil, found in Myanmar, is so small that it’s comparable to the smallest bird species alive today.
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Amber & Poland: A History Crafted in Resin
‘Amber is what you call resinous, fossil matter which gives off a characteristic, aromatic so-called amber smell when burning'. Modern science says amber is made of resin that is about 40 million ...
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Scientists create lab-grown amber-like resin to study fossil preservation
Amber and copal are fossilized tree resins prized ... Previous research has described fossil resin formations as products of volatile compound loss and polymerization of resin constituents ...