Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

Fossils known as Prototaxites, which once dominated the land, have puzzled scientists since Darwin’s days. New evidence ...

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

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

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

A bizarre ancient life-form, considered to be the first giant organism to live on land, may belong to a totally unknown ...

Beyond the park’s awe-inspiring landscapes, though, there’s also a more humbling scene that travelers have been drawn to for ...

Giant panda Nuo Mi rests at the Shenshuping giant panda base of Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Sichuan ...

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