Very often, seeing unexpected mold inside your home is cause for alarm. It might ruin your food, clothes, walls, carpets, and more. Plus, it can be hazardous to your health. But when it comes to ...

During a visit to the University of California, Berkeley, paleobotany collection, he came across an unidentified and unusually well-preserved plant fossil originally recovered from a location near ...

An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.

The plant fossil is among those found at silcrete sites in Australia. This star-shaped fruit, seen in cross section, is currently being studied and is likely to represent a species new to science.