Recent scientific discoveries suggest that Earth was once home to enormous trees, dwarfing today’s tallest redwoods. These ancient giants have left behind intriguing clues in the form of fossils and ...

About 800 million years ago (mya), before the supercontinent Pangea formed, the Earth was more diverse than classical theory suggests. By reconstructing the tree of life from the evolutionary history ...

British archaeologists recently found the remnants of a 17th-century house where Isaac Newton’s mother lived – not far from the site of his famous apple tree. The National Trust announced in a recent ...

Where there’s a tree, there’s usually a forest. But not always. A biologist describes some of the loneliest trees on planet Earth. When we think about isolation in nature, we usually picture islands ...

From Prometheus and Methuselah to trees in remote forests of China, these are the most ancient known trees on Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Sometimes the “whys” of history are lost, and that holds true to why Capt. John Cleves Symmes Jr. wholeheartedly believed the Earth was hollow. Chris Maraschiello, a teacher in the Hamilton school ...