Fortunately, amber is much better at preservation than sediment. “When you have an animal preserved in amber it looks like it just died yesterday — all the soft tissue in place trapped into ...

The salamander managed to escape but then must have fallen into a pool of tree resin, which preserved the tiny amphibian as it hardened into amber. George Poinar, Jr., a biologist at Oregon State ...

Fortunately, amber is much better at preservation than sediment. “When you have an animal preserved in amber it looks like it just died yesterday — all the soft tissue in place trapped into ...

For example, dead animals and plants can be preserved in amber, peat bogs, tar pits, or in ice. Amber close amberHardened tree resin. is a substance that is formed from hardened tree sap or resin.