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

Scientists discovered a 400-million-year-old fossil known as Prototaxites, which does not belong to any known life form ...

Prototaxites, the first giant organism to live on land, have long been thought to have been some sort of plant, fungus or algae. Now, a new research paper ...

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

A bizarre 400-million-year-old fossil may not be a plant, animal, or even a fungus. Known asPrototaxites, this extinct ...

Other types of bone-plated fish that lacked jaws developed a range of bizarre forms ... life burgeoning on land apparently escaped the worst effects of the mass extinction that ended the Devonian.

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts ...