McKeller said the amber deposit — which was found in the Big Muddy Badlands — was formed around 67 million years ago, ...

Along with fossils of roots, pollen, and spores, the amber provides some of the best evidence yet that a mid-Cretaceous, ...

Ancient amber found in Antarctica uncovers a 90-million-year-old rainforest, revealing insights into its warm, prehistoric ...

Until recently, a gap existed in the world map of amber discoveries: the Antarctic continent. But that gap has finally been ...

Scientists have discovered amber fragments in Antarctica, revealing that the now-frozen continent was once a thriving rainforest during the mid-Cretaceous period. The amber, dating back 90 million ...

The discovery of amber in Antarctica has been reported for the first time, as detailed in a recent study published in ...

Researchers in Canada are using artificial intelligence to monitor the ongoing mass extinction of insects, hoping to collect data that can help reverse species collapse and avert catastrophe for the ...

The amber, excavated from Pine Island Bay in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, provides a unique snapshot of life in prehistoric ...

Today, Antarctica is a huge frozen continent, though it was once temperate enough to be covered in swampy forests. Now, a team of scientists has discovered fossilized tree resin—amber—on the continent ...

Atmospheric carbon dioxide was high in the Cretaceous, making the world in general a warmer place. Moreover, the lack of an ...

Tiny clues indicate Antarctica was once covered by thick rainforest, unlike anything modern humans could imagine. Find out more.