DAHME, Germany (AP) — Axel Kramer knows exactly where to find amber. He walks down the boardwalk of the village of Dahme on the German Baltic coast, checks the wind and the surf, looks at the ...

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 ...

Often referred to as the ‘gold of the North’, Baltic amber serves as an exceptional natural time capsule, preserving a fascinating variety of flora and fauna. Cutting-edge scientific discoveries ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

When we think of fossils, we tend to imagine the strong, sturdy bones of dinosaurs and the hard, calcified shells of ammonites. Most of us do not picture the delicately preserved petals of an ancient ...

Fossil flower of Symplocos kowalewskii (Symplocaceae) from Baltic amber – to date, by far the largest floral inclusion discovered from any amber. With a diameter of 28 millimeters across, a fossil ...

Scientists have officially identified the largest fossilized flower ever recorded: a nearly 40 million-year-old flower entombed in a hunk of amber, according to a study published Jan. 12 in the ...

For many thousands of years, the fossilized tree resin known as amber has entranced jewelry makers and inspired the scientific imagination. For the past 200 years especially, paleontologists around ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Amber -- ...

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