Day: July 1, 2016

99-Million-Year-Old Bird Wings Found Encased in Amber

SMARTNEWS Keeping you current Smithsonian.com | June 28, 2016 | By Danny Lewis Bone, tissue, and feathers show the almost 100-million-year-old wings are remarkably similar to those on modern birds. Finding things trapped in amber is far from a rare occurrence: lizards, bugs, flowers and more are regularly found encased in hardened lumps of the tree