It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...

A prehistoric digestive time capsule has been unearthed in Australia: plant fossils found inside a sauropod dinosaur offer ...

A plant used by the ancient Greeks for medicine, food and even contraception, was one of the most sought-after goods in the ...

This article explores ten extinct plant species, from the ancient Araucarioxylon arizonicum to the more recent Sophora ...

Despite the distance in time and space ... Kabukcu said she was surprised to find that prehistoric people were combining plant ingredients in this way, an indication that flavor was clearly ...

But some microscopic plant bits can stand up to the ravages of time, as shown by rare scraps ... Compared to the toolkits found from prehistoric groups in Africa or Europe, stone tools in ...

At the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Jessie George and other paleobotanists — the folks who study ancient ... plants, gardening and Southern California’s changing landscapes for the Los Angeles ...

Another plant researched was the crown daisy flower, which was commonly used as medicine and insecticide in ancient times, and the flowers were used to weave garlands to crown statues of Artemis.

It can tell us about vegetation, climate and even human activity through time. Pollen grains are far more than allergens — they are also nature’s time capsules, preserving clues about Earth’s past ...