Researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart from the nautilus on ...

The only certainty is that Currey did have permission to cut down what was discovered to be the oldest tree on record. Now known as Prometheus, the tree was found to be nearly 5,000 years old.

It’s a shrub, not a towering tree, that holds the title of the continent’s oldest woody plant. This tiny juniper, found in Finnish Lapland, measures around four inches across its trunk. Researchers ...

The only certainty is that Currey did have permission to cut down what was discovered to be the oldest tree on record. Now known as Prometheus, the tree was found to be nearly 5,000 years old. That ...

WEOGUFKA, Ala. – At first glance, the oldest known tree in Alabama doesn't look like much. If anything, it seems a bit like a 40-foot version of Charlie Brown's Christmas tree, sparse branches ...

The fossilized 69-million-year-old skull of the oldest known modern bird has been discovered.

The fossilized 69-million-year-old skull of the oldest known modern bird has been discovered. Originally published on talker.news, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart from the nautilus on the evolutionary tree. That makes it one of the oldest known animal sex ...