The Natural History Museum of Denmark houses a unique collection of 70,000 pieces of amber from various time periods.

When dinosaurs roamed Earth, their surroundings looked very different than the world of today. But there were also some similarities. And now scientists have confirmed a new one: Diverse firefly ...

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head. The insect, along with a ...

A tiny spider frozen in 100-million-year-old amber is changing what scientists thought they knew about spider evolution. This prehistoric creature had spinnerets like modern spiders, but also a long ...

During its lifetime nearly 100 million years ago, a newfound parasitic worm likely made its home in the bellies of fish. So how one ended up preserved in amber, fossilized tree resin, has ...

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