Just over half a billion years ago, Earth was rocked by a global mass extinction event, a dramatic interruption of the ...

Over 150 years ago, a fossilized organism known as Prototaxites emerged as an enigma regarding what early land life may have ...

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

How paleontologists interpret the fossil record is about to change, as new research challenges our understanding of bone ...

Paleontologists have revealed a "remarkable" prehistoric creature that has been "spectacularly preserved" by fool's gold—a common name for a substance called iron pyrite. The newly identified species, ...