Gemologist Finds Insect Trapped in Opal Instead of Amber
On a trip to Indonesia, gemologist Brian Berger purchased an opal that appeared to have an insect entombed inside.…
Baby Snake That Lived Among Dinosaurs Found Preserved in Amber
Scientists working in Myanmar have uncovered a nearly 100-million-year-old baby snake encased in amber. Dating back to…
Meet Jason, the Tiny Beetle Stuck in Amber for 99 Million Years
Featherwing beetles are some of the smallest insects out there—and one researcher managed to spot an ancient specimen…
Fly Trapped in a 3D Printed Block Is a 21st Century Fossil
Millions of years ago, unlucky animals settled in the sticky resin of trees, only to be trapped and preserved until we…
Scientists Find 100 Million-Year-Old, Nearly Complete Baby Bird Trapped in Amber
This has been a huge year for finding specimens in amber, from bird wings to dinosaur feathers to this ugly-ass bug.…
This New Amber Discovery Is Like the Start of Jurassic Park but With Ancient Monkeys [Updated]
A tick sucks some monkey blood. A monkey’s grooming partner picks the tick off. The tick lands in some sap. The whole…
This Poor Cretaceous Damselfly Has Been Waiting 100 Million Years to Get Laid
Scientists in China have discovered male damselflies caught in the act of trying to court females inside a piece of…
This Is Quite Possibly the Ugliest Bug Ever Found Trapped in Amber
Say hello to Aethiocarenus burmanicus, an ancient insect so strange—and so god awfully ugly—its discoverers had to…
Ancient Poisonous Flower Preserved in Amber Looks Dangerously Delicious
Amber delivers a slice of ancient life, showing us everything from early predation to the earliest preserved erect penis
Behold the First Erect Penis Ever Found Preserved in Amber
Researchers working in Burma have uncovered the fossilized remains of a 99-million-year old male daddy longlegs with…
An Ant With A Parasitic Mite Stuck To Its Head Preserved In Amber
This ancient ant and its parasitic companion became locked together in amber about 44 to 49 million years ago. It's the…
Massive Collection of Ancient Amber Finally Gives Up Its Secrets
In the late 1950s, an entomologist named Milton Sanderson collected some 160 pounds of 20 million year old amber in…
This Exquisitely-Preserved 100 Million-Year-Old Fly Is Just Ridiculous
Finding ancient bugs trapped in amber is hardly new, but this Cretaceous-era assassin fly may be the most pristine…
Dinosaur DNA cannot be extracted from amber
Well, it looks like we may never have our own Jurassic Park. Scientists at the University of Manchester failed to pull…
Every Lumia Will Get Nokia’s New Smart Camera App
Good news Nokia Lumia owners: everyone will be able to use the fancy new camera tech that the new Lumia 925 comes…
Holy Crap, Here's a 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Eating a Wasp
100 million years ago, when dinosaurs were still around, this spider had captured a wasp in his web. The wasp was going…
Mayflies might just have the saddest, most perfectly evolved existence of any species
Mayflies spend a year awaiting their birth, and then most die after living just one day. Their sole purpose is to pass…
Animal sex has never looked this good...or bizarre
Deep sea fish assimilating males for extra sperm, flies frozen mid-coitus for 20 million years, and a walrus's penis…
A fifty million-year-old ant, whose existence could change the history of India
This ant, preserved in amber 50 million years ago, is evidence that we may have dramatically misunderstood the…
USB Amber Alert Child ID Kit
By providing you with an easy way to keep your child's information all in one place, this USB Amber Alert Child ID kit…