Amber usually brings to mind tropical forests, trapped insects, and warm landscapes. That is what makes the new Antarctic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Esteban Cortez Credit: Esteban Cortez The amber color doesn’t get enough credit. Outside of glass jars and vintage ...

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 ...

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A small piece of amber found in West Antarctica is changing how scientists picture the continent’s past. Pulled from the Pine Island Trough, it shows that resin-producing trees once lived close to the ...