Paleopharmaceuticals Might Fight Drug-Resistant Infections
Scientists have pinpointed compounds that help explain Baltic amber's therapeutic effects and that could lead to new treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections
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Researchers Extract DNA from Resin-Embedded Insects
An international team has now detected DNA from ambrosia beetles that were trapped in recent tree resin for less than seven years
First-Of-Its-Kind Ammonite in Amber Offers Rare Glimpse of Ancient Sea Life
The fossil is the first known record of an ammonite—a distant relative of modern squid and octopuses—found in amber
Newborn Insects Trapped in Amber Show First Fossil Evidence of How to Crack an Egg
The new findings give scientists evidence on how tiny insects broke the barrier separating them from life
Spider with a Tail Found Preserved in Amber After 100 Million Years
An extraordinary new species of arachnid has been discovered in amber from Myanmar and dates to the mid-Cretaceous age, around 100 million years ago