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

Fossil reveals secrets of entirely different form of life no longer found on Earth - Prototaxites belonged to an ‘entirely ...

Prototaxites are something of a prehistoric mystery. They were the first giant organisms on land, towering over ancient ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines ...

About 66 million years ago – perhaps on a downright unlucky day in May – an asteroid smashed into our planet. Even groups that weathered the catastrophe, such as mammals, fishes and flowering plants, ...

Giant mystery fossil reveals secrets of whole new form of life that no longer exists - Prototaxites belonged to an ‘entirely extinct evolutionary branch of life‘ ...

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

A massive ice age wiped out ocean life 445 million years ago, reshaping ecosystems and setting the stage for jawed fish ...

Learn how microscopic fossils reveal that tiny seafloor organisms were already feeding and recycling nutrients soon after one ...

East-west coastlines trap marine species during warming, blocking escape routes and increasing extinction risk over millions ...

More than 250 million years ago, life on Earth faced its most devastating crisis — a global event so severe that it wiped out nearly three-quarters of life on land and an even larger share in the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Stewart Edie, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) About 66 million years ago – ...