100-Million-Year-Old Predator

A dinosaur tail complete with feathers and soft tissue preserved in amber, proving some dinosaurs had brown and white plumage. The only 3D dinosaur feather specimen known to science.

Ancient parasitic wasps frozen mid-attack on their hosts. These amber inclusions reveal parasite-host relationships unchanged for 100 million years, older than most modern insect families.

99-million-year-old amber preserving the most complete record of Cretaceous life. Feathered dinosaur tails, ancient ants, and the oldest known frog have all emerged from these golden time capsules.

The way organisms became trapped in amber reveals ancient forest ecology. Resin flow patterns preserved in the amber show how trees responded to insect damage 100 million years ago.

Camera traps documented tigers surviving in Myanmar's northern forests despite decades of civil conflict. War inadvertently protected forests by keeping out loggers and developers.

Plant inclusions in amber reconstruct the forest structure 100 million years ago. Pollen, spores, and leaf fragments reveal a mixed conifer-angiosperm forest transitional between Mesozoic and modern floras.