For the first time, researchers have discovered a piece of fossilized resin, or amber, in Antarctica. The tiny golden fragment, unearthed beneath the seafloor, contains microscopic remnants of an ancient dinosaur-era rainforest that sprawled across the continent 90 million years ago, a new study reveals.
Amber is fossilized resin, or tree sap, that can trap plants, insects, small animals or other organic matter with it as it hardens. The golden-yellow casing is airtight and mostly see-through, meaning it both perfectly preserves and displays whatever is inside it, like a transparent time capsule.
