Previously believed to be plant or fungi, these giant organisms may have been a now-extinct fourth type of life.

Biology — the science of life, living things and the processes that keep us all running — links up in essential ways with ...

Global research team explores how environmental factors and dispersal barriers influence biodiversity. Why do certain plants ...

A newly described plesiosaur fossil from southern Germany is providing crucial evidence about the diversification of these ...

Researchers found that cooperative fluid dynamics between single-celled organisms may have driven the evolution of ...

Before hominins intentionally chipped stone to make tools, they likely used sharp rocks already shaped by natural forces.

Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...

Throughout evolution, plants have continuously adapted to survive in changing environments. Apart from complex structural ...

Since Prototaxites were discovered in the fossil record in 1843, scientists have debated whether they were early land plants, ...