For the first time, scientists have discovered amber on the Antarctic continent, filling a major gap in the global map of ...

Until recently, a gap existed in the world map of amber discoveries: the Antarctic continent. But that gap has finally been ...

The amber, excavated from Pine Island Bay in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, provides a unique snapshot of life in prehistoric ...

There is nowhere on earth quite as ethereal as Antarctica. This icy kingdom is nestled at the bottom of our planet and holds a vast wilderness to be explored. You might catch a glimpse of whales and ...

Although much of Antarctica has been chartered and collected in maps by different countries this latest edition to be finished at the end of this year has been described “as the most complete so ...

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

For the first time in history, scientists have found amber fragments in Antarctica, thus closing one of the few remaining ...

Roughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. Researchers have now made the southernmost discovery of amber in the world.

The discovery of fossilised plant 'blood' - once prized as a gemstone - shows what lived on the continent before it was all ...