Micro-organisms constitute a very antique group of living organisms which appeared on the Earth's surface almost 3000 million years ago.

First identified 160 years ago, the fossils — known as Prototaxites — measure up to 30 feet (around 9 meters) tall and have ...

Learn about Prototaxites, a bizarre group of prehistoric organisms that fall within an unknown lineage of extinct life.

The University of Wyoming recognized the achievements of outstanding faculty and departments during its third annual ...

Dinosaur skeletons often dominate museum halls, from the towering Tyrannosaurus rex known as Sue in Chicago to Sophie the Stegosaurus in London. These fossils shape how you picture dinosaurs.

In one of the most baffling discoveries of the last decade, scientists have found a clue in a cave to how life might survive ...

For more than half a century, some of Earth’s strangest fossils looked like they had washed in from an alien world. Pillow-shaped impressions, quilted fronds and ribbed disks sat in museum drawers, ...

Learn how to develop and obtain market authorisation in the EU for medicinal products, therapies and medical devices intended for human use.

The proteomics market is experiencing strong growth as demand rises for advanced tools that analyze protein structure, ...

Can fungi help humans live better and longer? Dutch mycoprotein startup The Protein Brewery is hoping to do just that by promoting healthy ageing.

The creature locals now call “Godzillus” did not roar out of a movie screen but out of Ordovician rock, lifted piece by piece from a Kentucky hillside by a determined hobbyist. What began as a routine ...