This strikingly well-preserved planthopper was frozen in ... pupate in the soil and then go on to continue the cycle. Lizards in amber are extremely rare—so rare that a single intact specimen ...

The salamander managed to escape but then must have fallen into a pool of tree resin, which preserved the tiny amphibian as it hardened into amber. George Poinar, Jr., a biologist at Oregon State ...

A short movie explores 3D scans of some of the mid-Cretaceous lizards found trapped in amber. (courtesy of Daza et al., Science Advances) Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our ...

After much debate between scientists, a small skeleton found in a quarry near Bristol has been identified as the world’s oldest lizard. In the initial study, the reptile skeleton was named ...

Approximately 38 million years ago two termites were in the middle of courtship behavior when they got entrapped by tree resin and preserved in fossilized amber. This, so far, oldest and only ...