Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

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

The Balrog, trolls, and Dragons are just a few of the terrifying monsters that stalk the heroes of Middle-earth.

In 25 years of wildlife storytelling, National Geographic Explorer Sandesh Kadur has seen and documented more rare wildlife than most people experience in a lifetime.

Scientists have discovered a 22-million-year-old fossil tree in Ethiopia’s Mush Valley, revealing a lost tropical forest that ...

The National Trust for Scotland is embarking on an ambitious project to record all the ancient, veteran and notable trees across its entire estate.

Recent research by scientists at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), Texas Tech University, and several other ...

Where does biodiversity come from? It’s a question many generations of biologists have spent their time thinking about.” ...

After consultation with his colleague Robert Morley, he realises with amazement that, unlike the dinosaurs, the relatives of ...

A 62-million-year-old mammal fossil reveals its tree-dwelling lifestyle, plant-based diet, and evolutionary ties to primates ...

The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass ...