Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal ...

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

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

vice president of Animals, Science and Environment at Disney Experiences, told me ahead of Winged Encounters, an open-air show held near the Tree of Life. “We want to try and help people think a ...

Professor Lars Schmitz spoke with Wired about the wide variety of shapes and forms that animal eyes take and the reasons for ...

“Squirrels are remarkably good at what they do,” said John L. Koprowski, co-author of the book “North American Tree Squirrels ...

such as plants and animals. Tree of life with one branch fewer In recent years, researchers have found growing indications of close links between Asgard archaea and eukaryotes, and that the latter ...

The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time ...

These organisms, named Prototaxites, lived around 420 million to 375 million years ago during the Devonian period and resembled branchless, cylindrical tree trunks ... different kingdom of life, ...

Discover the many amazing similarities between humans and animals, get a buzz out of the remarkable life of bees, enjoy ...