Amber is fossilised plant resin. It can be used to provide insights into the terrestrial
conditions at the time the original resin was exuded. Amber research thus can inform many …

Amber is fossilized resin that preserves biological remains in exceptional detail, study of
which has revolutionized understanding of past terrestrial organisms and habitats from the …

During the Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum [MMCO,~ 14 to 17 million years (Ma) ago], global
temperatures were similar to predicted temperatures for the coming century. Limited …

Deposits of fossilized tree resins, or amber, occur throughout the world and range in age
from Carboniferous to Holocene, produced by myriads of vascular plants. Small organisms …

The most widely recognized hymenopterans–ants, bees, and wasps or hornets–have long
been part of art, ritual, and folklore worldwide. Both extant and extinct Hymenoptera were …

Insect faunas are extremely rare near the latest Cretaceous with a 24-million-year gap
spanning from the early Campanian to the early Eocene. Here, we report a unique amber …

Across terrestrial ecosystems, modern ants are ubiquitous. As many as 94 out of every 100
individual arthropods in rainforests are ants [1], and they constitute up to 15% of animal …

The early fossilization steps of natural resins and associated terminology are a subject of
constant debate. Copal and resin are archives of palaeontological and historical information …

Myrmecophiles—species that depend on ant societies—include some of the most
morphologically and behaviorally specialized animals known [1]. Remarkable adaptive …

Most major modern families of Hymenoptera were established in the Mesozoic, but the
diversifications within ecologically key trophic guilds and lineages that significantly influence …