Scientists have discovered a tiny ancient snail that could have used hairs sprouting out of its shell to help it find mates. The creature was found in a 99 million-year-old…
Astonished scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of ant after scanning a 20-million-year-old block of amber. Researchers in Germany, France and Poland made the remarkable find after using micro-computed…
A sex-mad fly trapped in amber 100 million years ago while on his way to tempt a mate with a floral gift has been hailed as the world's earliest recorded…
A researcher in Canada has discovered the oldest non-marine crab ever which also happens to be the most complete fossil of a crab ever discovered because it was trapped in…
A new species of ‘indestructible’ water bear has been found fossilised in a chunk of amber dating back 16 million years. Tardigrades, also known as water bears and moss piglets,…
This 99-million-year-old spider mum frozen in time by solidified amber is the oldest piece of evidence showing that ancient spiders kept a close eye on their hatchlings. Four separate chunks…
Divers believe they may have discovered the long-lost Amber Room - often dubbed the Eighth Wonder of the World - in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea. The Amber Room…
The moment a pregnant snail of an unknown species gave birth 99 million years ago has been captured permanently in a piece of amber with the parent and its five…
Turkish villagers who used amber as kindling when they first found deposits two years ago are now cashing in after signing a deal to sell the valuable gemstone to a…
A group of British and Spanish scientists have discovered a new species of predatory insect that stalked its prey 105 million years ago inside a block of amber like in…