How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to ...

Fossil plants reveal the evolution of green life on Earth, but the most abundant samples that are found—fossil leaves—are also the most challenging to identify.

By NewsPress Now A discussion on this area’s rocks and minerals will highlight National Fossil Day at the Rolling Hills Library. John Pope, a retired geology professor from Northwest Missouri ...

In 1969, fossilized leaves of the species Othniophyton elongatum—which translates to "alien plant"—were identified in eastern Utah. Initially, scientists theorized the extinct species may have ...

How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to researchers at Penn State who found insect damage on fossil leaves from South ...

The fossil first described in 2003 was originally interpreted to be a plant. Researchers have now discovered that it is the inside of the shell of a baby turtle. Fabiany Herrera and Héctor Palma ...

The 252-million-year-old fossil leaves have symmetrical holes, which suggest an insect bit through the leaves when they were folded.

The newly discovered tree would have supported a wide crown of leaves over a narrow trunk, scientists say. Tim Stonesifer Scientists in Canada have discovered a 350-million-year-old tree fossil ...

An unusual arrangement of leaves in a 407-million-year-old fossilized plant is complicating scientists’ understanding of plant evolution. Most land plants living today have spiral patterns ...

A team of paleontologists recently excavated fossilized leaves, which indicate a humid forest once existed in what is now northeastern Utah's high desert.

She and other researchers compared fossil leaves with modern samples and found higher rates of insect damage today. (Lauren Azevedo-Schmidt Photo) Insects today are causing unprecedented levels of ...

The production and use of fossil fuels needed to be wound down, including an “urgent phase-out of coal-fired power generation”, the group said, while at the same time renewable energy capacity ...