In 2007, a team led by Stanford geobiologist Kevin Boyce found that carbon isotopes in the fossils resembled those of fungi — ...

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

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

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

Prototaxites fossils continue to divide scientists. These 400-million-year-old structures may belong to a completely extinct ...

Eukaryotic cells form the foundation of complex, multicellular life, including apple trees, mushrooms, fish and humans ... they are still present in plants, fungi and some protists. These rigid ...

Skin flakes are hard to digest. It’s like eating hair, or feathers. So dust mites have powerful digestive enzymes to break the skin down. Those enzymes turn up in dust mite poop. And let’s just say ...

Researchers found that cooperative fluid dynamics between single-celled organisms may have driven the evolution of ...

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

Eid al-Fitr follows Ramzan, a month of fasting and spiritual growth for Muslims. It emphasizes community, gratitude, and forgiveness, and includes the charitable act of Zakat al-Fitr. Eid is a ...

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