University of Queensland scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some ...

Scientists then leaned towards it being a giant fungus, but the classification remained uncertain. A 2007 study even ...

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

These self-sustaining microbes were probably food for predatory bacteria, as well as hosts for viruses. The oldest actual fossils of bacteria date back 3.5 billion years, about 350 million years ...

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have a new potential way to find them ...

Plastics are deeply woven into modern life, valued for their strength, clarity, flexibility, and affordability. However, the production and disposal of these materials pose serious environmental ...

Very very rare, usually only very young fossils. 4. Chemical preservation, freezing. Peat is compacted plant material with much of the original structure still intact. Peat forms in acidic bogs, where ...