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

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

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An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

Planting of these fast-growing, carbon-eating seedlings, descendants of the Stagg and Waterfall trees, will begin this spring ...

Scientists are suggesting there may be a brand new type of life — or, at least, that one existed back in the day.

Researchers in Tanzania have unveiled a previously unknown species of gigantic tree, Tessmannia princeps, towering over the tropical rainforests of the Udzungwa Mountains. The discovery adds to ...

Two types of iconic sequoia trees have grown tall and strong in a surprising place: Michigan. One was believed to be extinct less than 100 years ago. The other is the largest living thing on Earth.

For Kashmiri environmental activist Raja Muzaffar Bhat, witnessing the axing of 500-year-old Chinar trees was a moment of profound distress. Some of the centuries-old trees, revered as symbols of ...