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.

A recent Ph.D. graduate's excavation of an ancient forest near Strahan in western Tasmania exceeded expectations with the discovery of new plant species. Fossils were discovered during a 2020 ...

Paleobiologists use fossil plants to reconstruct Earth’s past climate and inform climate change research today. Emily Leclerc Fossil plants reveal information about the temperature and precipitation ...

A fossilized plant discovered in Utah’s Green River Formation has just shaken up botanical science. Published in the journal Annals of Botany, the species — known as Othniophyton elongatum, meaning ...

Water drawn through the hollow stem of a living Equisetum plant, called horsetail, has registered the most extreme oxygen isotope signature ever measured in any terrestrial material. That discovery ...

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Ancient fossil beans about the size of modern limes, and among the largest seeds in the fossil record, may provide new insight into the evolution of today's diverse Southeast Asian and Australian ...

Flowering plants survived Earth’s worst disasters, including the asteroid strike that ended the dinosaurs, while many others ...

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HAGERMAN, Idaho — Federal wildlife officials will showcase southern Idaho's native plants and their ancient connections during a public event June 27 at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument. The ...

Spores found in 480 million-year-old rock bring the fossil record in line with molecular estimates of when plants first adapted to life on land. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with ...