The newly discovered flower Valviloculus pleristaminis has been preserved in amber for 100 million years

A piece of amber caught dozens of small crustaceans called ostracods in a compromising position with their “soft parts” out.

A tiny, 99-million-year-old skull found in a piece of Burmese amber in Myanmar may not only be the smallest known dinosaur of the Mesozoic era, but it could also provide new insights into the evolution...

This places this tiny critter well into the Cretaceous period, making it the oldest millipede of its order yet discovered.

Researchers have discovered a piece of amber containing a strange mix of land-dwelling insects and sea creatures.

The tiny invertebrate, casually dubbed the “mold pig,” is not only a new species but is so different from anything else that it’s been placed in a new genus and family all of its own.

for the first time, scientists have found an amber-encased prehistoric snake.

Scientists have discovered a brand new species of spider, with a feature that's not normally seen in the creatures – a tail.

Within a piece of amber found in the Dominican Republic, they discovered what are claimed to be the first fossilized red blood cells from a mammal – likely a monkey.

Preserved in the amber lies a hard tick grasping the feather of a dinosaur, suggesting that the parasitic insects did harbor a penchant for prehistoric plasma.

"Amber pieces preserve tiny snapshots of ancient ecosystems, but they record microscopic details, three-dimensional arrangements, and labile tissues that are difficult to study in other settings,"

The insect is now extinct, as is the mushroom in the fossil, which represents a new genus and species, and is the first mushroom to ever be found in Baltic amber.

"I had never really seen anything like it. It appears to be unique in the insect world, and after considerable discussion we decided it had to take its place in a new order."