In 2009, Charles Ver Straeten, curator of sedimentary rocks at the New York State Museum, made an unexpected discovery while surveying an old quarry. He was exploring the site with colleagues Linda ...

Researchers describe the largest example of a Devonian forest, made up of 250,000 square meters of fossilized lycopsid trees, which was recently discovered in China's Anhui province. The Devonian ...

The fossilized remains of a 419 million-year-old forest have been found in China, giving researchers new insights into a time when life began to emerge from the sea. The site, which is approximately ...

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Aerial view of a fossil of Archaeopteris, a 385-million-year-old tree with surprisingly modern-looking roots. (Image credit: William Stein and Christopher Berry) (CN) – A research team of faculty from ...

One of the earliest forests in the world was home to towering palmlike trees and woody plants that crept along the ground like vines, a new fossil find reveals. The forest, which stood in what is now ...

While sifting through fossil soils in the Catskill region near Cairo, New York, researchers uncovered the extensive root system of 385-million-year-old trees that already appeared to have leaves and ...