Prototaxites, an extinct organism from the Devonian period, has been thought to be a fungus since its first fossil was ...

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

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

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

Chemical analysis suggests the 400-million-year-old fossil Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or fungus – hinting at a ...

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

An international team including engineers from Princeton has devised a way to watch, in stunning detail, as the hollow ...

Murals made by museum artists illustrate the biology of fungi, the role they play in the ecosystem and their evolutionary ...

Deforestation, farming and climate-fueled fires are driving increasing threats to fungi, the lifeblood of most plants on ...