All species on Earth, both living and extinct, are related. We know this because of a biological tool called the tree of life. This "tree" takes the form of a diagram that maps the relationships ...

Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it might represent a whole new branch. Reading time 2 minutes Hundreds of ...

Every year, scientists add thousands of new names to the great book of life. This momentum was initiated by the work of ...

Jacqueline Nguyen receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Simon Ho receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The largest-ever study of bird genomes has produced a ...

Researchers studying exquisitely preserved Scottish fossils say Prototaxites represents an entirely extinct eukaryotic lineage - a “new form of life” in the sense that it does not fit into known major ...