WASHINGTON, April 5, 2021 -- For centuries, people in Baltic nations have used ancient amber for medicinal purposes. Even today, infants are given amber necklaces that they chew to relieve teething ...
The fossilization process is an unrelenting slog of decay, compression and erosion that can take millions of years and favors the preservation of tough material such as bones, teeth and shells. But ...
Researchers have identified a previously unknown species of ancient caterpillar preserved in amber from 44 million years ago. The find has been described as "exceptional" by the team who discovered it ...