A damaged sluice gate on the Moselle river has drastically slowed shipping traffic on this critical inland waterway, costing ...

Shutterstock Images Paleontologists are excited by a new "alien plant" fossil that was discovered just outside an abandoned ...

The fossilized plant leaves, Othniophyton elongatum, translates to ‘alien plant’ in English and was discovered in an ...

An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently ...

A MIND-boggling discovery has left scientists even more puzzled about one of the most mysterious fossils ever found. A ...

A new fossil discovery sheds new light on a 47-million-year-old "alien plant" species that is the only example ever found of ...

This weekend marks the winter solstice, the time of year when we in the northern hemisphere are as far away from the sun as ...

Researchers compared the fossil to over 400 flowering plant families and found no match, suggesting it belongs to an unknown ...

In 1969, paleobotanists identified fossilized leaves of the extinct species Othniophyton elongatum, which translates to ...

Paleontologists discovered the fossil of an "alien plant" 50 years ago in Utah and have been unable to relate it to modern or ...

The new-to-science species was named Othniophyton elongatum in 1969, based on some fossilized leaves. We keep saying “alien ...

Findings point to lack of clarity on how diverse ecosystems were before they were lost to time, researchers say ...