The Baltic amber flower’s identity hadn’t been revised until Dr. Sadowski’s paper in Scientific Reports was published Thursday. Plants in amber are a rarity.

Biggest Flower Ever Found Preserved in Amber Is at Least 33 Million Years Old Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET.

5,000-Year-Old Baltic Amber Is Oldest Ever Found On Iberian Peninsula The foreign amber was found in a grave that provided the final "resin" place for at least 12 people. Benjamin Taub.

Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen, forever showcasing an ephemeral moment in our planet’s past.

How amber creates exquisite fossils A warm-hued material prized by jewelry makers, amber takes more than 40,000 years to form. See pictures of some of the finest specimens.

The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber, produced sometime during the Eocene epoch 56 to 33.9 million years ago. These forests produced more than ...

Measuring about 1 inch (28 millimeters) wide, the strikingly well-preserved flower is three times larger than the next-biggest amber-embedded bloom ever found and was unearthed in 1872 in the ...

A 40-million-year-old fossilized flower is shown preserved in amber. This is the largest amber-preserved flower fossil known to date. Carola Radke/Museum für Naturkunde Berlin ...

An unexpected discovery in a piece of amber stored at Harvard University since the 1930s reveals ... The world’s oldest army ant has been identified in a block of 35-million-year-old Baltic amber.

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 than the second-biggest bloom ...

A recent analysis of beads discovered in the ancient city of Hama, Syria, has revealed that some were crafted from Baltic amber, transported over 3,000 kilometers.This remarkable find highlights ...

Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen, forever showcasing an ephemeral moment in our planet’s past.