This mysterious plant fossil belongs to a family that no longer exists
In 1969, fossilized leaves of the species Othniophyton elongatum — which translates to “alien plant” — were identified in eastern…
Read More
Three new extinct walnut species discovered in high Arctic mummified forest
In a new study, scientists describe three new, but long-extinct, walnut species on an island above the Arctic Circle. The…
Read More
Mysterious fruit shown to be the oldest-known fossils of the Frankincense and Myrrh family
Early in the 1970s, a paleontologist working on the outskirts of an Indian village found small, bead-like fossils embedded in…
Read More
Florida Museum honors 2023 Austin and Biodiversity award winners
The Florida Museum of Natural History has announced the winners of the annual Austin and biodiversity graduate student awards. Jeanette…
Read More
Explosive fossil fruit found buried beneath ancient Indian lava flows
Just before the closing scenes of the Cretaceous Period, India was a rogue subcontinent on a collision course with Asia….
Read More
Oldest mahogany fossil named for paleobotanist Steven Manchester
A fruit from a mahogany tree that flourished in the time of the dinosaurs has been named in honor of…
Read More
World’s oldest-known grape fossils found in India
Mysterious unidentified fossilized seeds from India, donated to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in 2005 and stored among the…
Read More
Scientists search for grape fossils at long-forgotten site in Peru
In the spring of 2010, Steve Manchester, Florida Museum of Natural History curator of paleobotany, and Fabiany Herrera, a University…
Read More
An early bloom of evolution
Florida Museum researchers find that a rapid burst of flowering plants 90 million years ago set the stage for bursts…
Read More