In 2007, a team led by Stanford geobiologist Kevin Boyce found that carbon isotopes in the fossils resembled those of fungi — ...

During the ongoing exhibition, Radiance of the East: Million-Year Human Imprint in Nihewan, at the Natural History Museum of ...

Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.

Scientists then leaned towards it being a giant fungus, but the classification remained uncertain. A 2007 study even ...

While preparing to build a power substation next to a Utah residential subdivision, a prehistoric field of dinosaur and other ...

Scientists have discovered Ikaria wariootia, a 555-million-year-old fossil in Australia, believed to be the earliest ancestor ...

When applied to detect leaks from pipes, monitor hydrogen diffusion in closed rooms following an abrupt release and identify ...

The new podcast Inflection Point leans on C&EN’s 100-year archive to trace headline topics in science today back to their ...

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

A trace fossil of 66 dinosaur footprints has been uncovered in Australia, providing a rare snapshot of dinosaur behavior and ...

A newly discovered fossil from a human ancestor, estimated to be between 1.1 and 1.4 million years old, has further complicated the already tangled story of human evolution. Found in northern ...