Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a flower entombed in Dominican amber, the first-ever specimen of a plant family that has given the world some of the deadliest poisons, including ...

A new species of flower has been identified, having been trapped in amber for at least 15 million years. The flower species, from the genus Strychnos, was discovered following fossil extraction from ...

The discovery of a new species of ancient flower beautifully preserved in amber indicates that ancestors of today's daisies, mints and tomatoes flourished in Caribbean jungles up to 45 million years ...

The flowers of Strychnos electri are slim and small and trumpet-shaped. Their petals flare out at the tip to form a star, out of which a single spindly tube protrudes. They look as if they might have ...

It's rare to find plant fossils intact, let alone plant fossils that go back at least 15 million years and relate to a modern pesticide. Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech ...

This delicate flower has been preserved in amber, with each petal and tiny hair intact, for as many as 45 million years. Scientists discovered the flower in a cave in the Dominican Republic along with ...

A Rutgers scientist has identified a flower trapped in ancient amber as belonging to a species completely new to science. Lena Struwe, professor of botany in the School of Environmental and Biological ...

Two 15 million-year-old flowers trapped in amber turn out to be a “completely new” species. Writing in the journal Nature Plants, researchers from Rutgers University say the flowers do not belong to ...

This tiny flower is thought to be related to the poisonous Strychnos genus. George Poinar, Jr., courtesy of Oregon State University The delicate structures of flowers rarely fossilize, but the sticky ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of ancient flower that grew 15 million years ago trapped in amber. The plant was found fossilised in tree resin by researchers on the Caribbean island of the ...

Biologists have described a new species of extinct plant, based on two fossil flowers that were trapped in chunks of amber for at least 15 million years. Strychnos electri belongs to the genus whose ...

Researchers have discovered a new flower species that has been “perfectly preserved” in amber, much like in the dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park. The two flowers have been kept intact in the amber ...