This tan petal probably fell shortly after the flower opened. Amber can record the most fleeting moments of forest life. Here, pollen grains that were in the process of spilling out of a falling ...

It was named Symplocos kowalewskii. The five-petal flower was preserved in amber and was unearthed in 1872 from a mine in Kaliningrad, Russia. It is about one inch wide and is three times larger ...

swampy forest, with insects buzzing between flowers, ferns, and conifers. Believe it or not, you're standing in West Antarctica. Scientists in Germany and the UK have now discovered amber there ...