Ocean waves dislodged the silt and exposed the amber. Around the fossil now lived ... Among the waves dwelled a myriad of microscopic, shelled animals called foraminifera and coccoliths.

Scientists uncovered over a dozen female wasps preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from the Kachin region ... partly for the sea monster from Greek mythology that stirred up wild whirlpools ...

A bear figurine carved out of amber Where it is from: Słupsk, northern Poland When it was made: Between 9600 and 4100 B.C.

Scientists uncovered over a dozen female wasps preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from the Kachin region ... partly for the sea monster from Greek mythology that stirred up wild whirlpools ...