Iron Age amber beads from the Baltic Sea found in Syria. Credit: M. N. Mortensen et al. / National Museum of Denmark A recent analysis of beads discovered in the ancient city of Hama, Syria, has ...

In a 2023 study of several amber bear figurines from the Baltic Sea area, researchers concluded that the objects are more likely to be Upper Paleolithic in date, a period from 50,000 to 12,000 ...

The fossil was created when some sticky sap trickled out of a conifer tree near the Baltic Sea, coating the flower and solidifying it into amber over time. It is very uncommon to see plants ...

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant within sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for more than 7,000 years. The tiny diatom cells have regained full biological ...

From salmon to herring and cod, Baltic fish stocks are so low that small-scale fishermen are leaving the profession. This is because of overfishing as well as the sea's changing conditions due to ...