This Bizarre Fossil Isn’t a Plant, Animal, or Fungus—Turns Out It’s a Whole New Form of Life
Prototaxites, an extinct organism from the Devonian period, has been thought to be a fungus since its first fossil was ...
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Why our climate future depends on Antarctica
Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent is in fact incredibly valuable and plays a key role in stabilizing ...
The remote locale that shielded plants during Earth’s biggest mass extinction
About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and bounced back faster.
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How to Build the World’s Highest Mountain
At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...
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A 168-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Bone Sheds Light on a Hidden Evolutionary Era
In a wind-swept stretch of Morocco’s Middle Atlas Mountains, paleontologists digging through Jurassic-era stone have ...
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Why don’t all plants grow everywhere across the world?
A global study of 270,000 plant species reveals how climate, soil, and ancient geography shape where plants grow and live.
Baffling Scientists: “Strange” Million-Year-Old Rock Tunnels Found in Africa
Unusual structures of unknown origin discovered in desert rocks have been documented in a new study. In the desert regions of ...
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Why our climate future depends on Antarctica
One of the most astonishing discoveries was evidence from fossils that Antarctica had once been part of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana — a warm and ice-free terrain, teeming with life.