Hydnora is one of the strangest flowering plants ever discovered, a subterranean parasite that survives entirely by draining nutrients from the roots of other plants . It spends most of its life ...

An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.

Scientists have discovered a unique fossil that does not match any known species of flowering plants, an advance that sheds more light on the planet’s ancient diversity. Researchers first spotted the ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...