For many thousands of years, the fossilized tree resin known as amber has entranced jewelry makers and inspired ... past—by studying the amazing fossils preserved within it.

By Richard Fisher Amber is coveted the world over as both jewelry and a vessel for prehistoric ... creating amber-like fossils from pine resin in 24 hours. The technique could help reveal the ...

"Otherwise, scientifically valuable fossils will end up in carvings and jewelry and be lost for future generations," Poinar wrote in a paper he co-authored. Poinar has worked on amber fossils for ...

Even if fossils in amber are not useful for extracting dinosaur ... is Cretaceous in age and has been used by humans for art pieces and jewelry since 600 BC. Fortunately, it also is known to ...

In 2015, two researchers stumbled across a piece of amber jewelry in a market in Tengchong ... findings Wednesday after years of studying the fossil. The newly discovered species is named ...

“Otherwise, scientifically valuable fossils will end up in carvings and jewelry and be lost for future generations,” Poinar wrote in a paper he co-authored. Poinar has worked on amber fossils ...

“Otherwise, scientifically valuable fossils will end up in carvings and jewelry and be lost for future generations,” Poinar wrote in a paper he co-authored. Poinar has worked on amber fossils ...