In a recent study, researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they ...

Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

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

Plants don't just grow, they build. From towering trees to delicate flowers, complex plant shapes are sculpted with ...

Single-celled organisms that group together can generate stronger water currents to pull in food, a benefit that may have ...

The research indicates that the limitations on the size of proteins has been a crucial trigger in the development of life ...

Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

Scientists uncovered how whole-genome duplication emerges and remains stable over thousands of generations of evolution in the lab.

A bizarre 400-million-year-old fossil may not be a plant, animal, or even a fungus. Known asPrototaxites, this extinct ...

An ancient impact structure in remote northern Australia was recently spotted by one of NASA's Earth-observing satellite ...