In a groundbreaking discovery in Brunei, scientists have found two-million-year-old fossils of Dryobalanops rappa—an endangered tropical tree that still lives today. The find marks the first fossil ...

The tree Ginko biloba for example is the only living species of its group and dates back almost 300 million years in the ...

Few trees are more awe-inspiring than the ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba). One of its unique traits is the beautiful fan-shaped leaves that usually turn golden yellow in fall. You have to pay attention, though ...

Emry, Robert J. and Thorington, Richard W., Jr. 1984. "The tree squirrel Sciurus (Sciuridae, Rodentia) as a living fossil." In Living Fossils. Eldredge, N. and ...

Aaron Goode wears many proverbial hats around the streets of New Haven these days. He's a longstanding board member on the Greater New Haven Green Fund, he founded the New Haven Votes Coalition and ...

In a dry riverbed in Brazil, in a dense forest near the Amazon, a team of paleontologists found a fossilized jawbone from an ancient animal. Over the course of their fieldwork, they found eight ...

This fossil leaf of a Kapur Paya tree (Dryobalanops rappa) from Brunei is the first fossil record of an endangered tropical tree species. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — For the first time, scientists have ...