John William Dawson, a geologist, believed he had found the remains of rotting trees. He called the organism Prototaxites, meaning “first conifer ... The anatomy didn’t fit.

The first Prototaxites fossil, found in 1843, was initially misidentified as a conifer. This was problematic ... They compared its anatomy and molecular makeup to well-preserved Prototaxites ...

I found what was then the earliest known conifer, and so it sparked my thought ... It also preserves beautifully the anatomy of the plants which were being burnt. Those pieces of charcoal get ...

A handful of engineers who worked at Lucid Motors and on Apple's electric car project have launched a new startup that puts a ...

In the face of mounting threats from climate change, mixed species forests have been called an "insurance policy" for UK ...

The forestry division provided this breakdown: “70,000 acres of dead conifer trees – up from the 33,000 acres in 2023. 406,000 acres damaged by insects, disease, and harsh conditions — an ...

At the time my husband, Hugh, and I planted our first vegetable gardens in northern Arizona, we intentionally designed both ...

A UC Davis professor's pleasure hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the ...

As a member of Arbor Day Foundation, I learned in their October 2022 newsletter that over the 150-year history of Arbor Day ...

Weeds have begun to grow. If herbicides are a weed control method used and you tend to apply the same herbicide each year, ...

For chemical pest control, timing of pesticide applications is just as important as positively identifying the problem and selecting the right pesticide. Following are some plant diseases controlled i ...