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

He called the organism Prototaxites, meaning “first conifer.” The name stuck, even though the fossil didn’t quite match any ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Fossils known as Prototaxites, which once dominated the land, have puzzled scientists since Darwin’s days. New evidence ...

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

It is a giant fungus that kills anything in its path, currently taking up more than three square miles of Oregon. Follow TI: On Facebook Latest videos The largest living thing on the planet is not ...

It is a giant fungus that kills anything in its path, currently taking up more than three square miles of Oregon. Produced by Matthew Stuart Follow TI: On Facebook More from Tech The largest ...