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

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

The Wheel of Time's latest episode reveals Avendesora, but what is this ancient Tree of Life and what are its origins?

Chemical analysis suggests the 400-million-year-old fossil Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or fungus – hinting at a ...

Their position in the greater tree of life has been hotly debated for over ... A 2007 paper had previously suggested that Prototaxites was ancient fungi. Loron and colleagues reached this ...

Tree of Life,' a Sitka spruce in Olympic National Park, is nearing the end of its life on the Washington coast.

In the Valdivian rainforest of Chile, an ancient tree carries answers to the future of climate on Earth. Also known as the 'Gran Abuelo', 'The Great Grandfather' has an 80% chance of being over ...

BEST OF 2021: Forests of Judean date palm trees once covered ancient Israel, from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea. The fruit of the tree symbolised life and prosperity and was praised in ancient ...