Prototaxites, an extinct genus of giant fungi, dominated Earth around 400 million years ago. These towering organisms reached ...

The Balm of Judea is already unlocking secrets of the Bible and ancient medicine.

Cenotes in the Yucatán Peninsula are time capsules preserving remnants of Maya culture and fossils of extinct megafauna ...

A 1,000 year old seed discovered in a cave in the Judean desert has sprouted, grown and reached maturity, and appears to have ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have successfully germinated and analyzed a seed that might unlock secrets about ...

Extinct animal dicynodont likely depicted by San people in early 1800s (Julien Benoit) Now, scientists suspect the tusked figure in the rock art is comparable with dicynodont fossils. This ...

Scientists have grown an ancient seed from a cave in the Judean Desert into a tree — and it could belong to a locally-extinct ...

Researchers have found that a mysterious type of iron-rich magma found within extinct volcanoes may be a rich source of these highly sought-after metals. Rare earth elements, crucial components in ...

Unearthed last year, the remains could reveal new information on the extinct sea reptile, which crushed mollusks and shelled ...

A mysterious type of magma found within extinct volcanoes scattered around the world could contain an abundant supply of rare earth elements, crucial ingredients for electric vehicles, wind ...

23, marking their return from nearly four decades of being extinct in the wild. Sihek became extinct in the wild from their native Guam in 1986 due to the introduction of the brown tree snake ...