Scientists recently discovered amber fragments that suggest the snow-covered continent of Antarctica could have once been a ...

Until now, Antarctica was the only continent on Earth without any known amber fossils. But sediment cores taken from below ...

Along with fossils of roots, pollen, and spores, the amber provides some of the best evidence yet that a mid-Cretaceous, ...

Modern Antarctica is a frozen desert, largely devoid of life. But this wasn't always the case. Ninety million years ago, it ...

Ancient amber found in Antarctica uncovers a 90-million-year-old rainforest, revealing insights into its warm, prehistoric ...

Today, Antarctica is a huge frozen continent, though it was once temperate enough to be covered in swampy forests. Now, a team of scientists has discovered fossilized tree resin—amber—on the continent ...

Amber discovered in the southernmost region provides fresh insights into Cretaceous forests near the South Pole.

Scientists have found amber fragments in Antarctica for the first time, shedding light on the region's ancient forests and ...

Picture Antarctica—not as an endless expanse of snow and ice, but as a lush, green rainforest teeming with towering trees and ...

ANTARCTICA (WKRC) - Scientists recently discovered amber fragments that suggest the snow-covered continent of Antarctica could have once been a lush jungle. The idea that Antarctica once looked ...

Around 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees, allowing them to grow ...