Movie prop used by Sir Richard Attenborough in the film Jurassic Park on view at the Amazing Amber exhibition in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2013. Somewhere in South America, a miner finds a piece of ...

A study published this week showed how DNA could be extracted from bugs trapped in resin. If that sounds familiar, you've likely seen the film Jurassic Park. Before now, the business "Mr. DNA" speaks ...

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Q: My precious 10-year-old potted bay tree is secreting resin from the tops of almost all the leaves. Is this a sign of stress? Should I take action? A: The tree is indeed under stress, but it is not ...

For the longest time, South America's amber deposits lacked one thing, and one thing in particular, and that's bugs. But a September 2025 study in Communications Earth & Environment describes the ...