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

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

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

Fossilized plant remains discovered near a Utah ghost town have stumped scientists, who are unable to link them to any modern ...

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

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

The diversity within plant families can be remarkable. For example, diverse species such as poison ivy, cashews and mangoes ...

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

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

A 47-million-year-old plant fossil, first unearthed in Utah’s Green River Formation decades ago, has revealed that the so-called "alien plant" is even stranger than anyone thought. It is so ...

This plant fossil was well preserved, and had come from the same area as the alien plant leaves. Manchester's research team analyzed the fossils and concluded they were from the same plant species ...