In this title page illustration, which interprets the biblical Garden of Eden through a colonial view of Brazil, Adam and Eve are joined by palm trees, snakes, bearded monkeys, and the sloth, the ...

Millions of years before the first trees grew their canopies and the earliest insects buzzed, a strange organism sprouted ...

In December 1848, an illustration showed Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children admiring a Christmas tree. Many variations of the image began to circulate, popularizing the festive trend.

Life The strange ape that's rewriting our family tree. The story of our evolution seemed clear. But a string of recent discoveries in Africa is forcing us to radically rethink it ...

Scientists discover that a weird Southeast Asian tree snake maximizes its glide time by flattening its body into a flying-saucer shape. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our ...

Unnerving ‘biblically accurate’ angels top Christmas trees: ‘Scary and weird speaks to people’ By . Caitlin McCormack. Published Dec. 22, 2024, 10:48 p.m. ET.

When we see something weird growing on tree bark, it is usually algae, lichens, moss, or fungi (or a combination of these). These can be gray, white, green, or even orange.

Forests of giant, scaly-stemmed club mosses rose from ancient swamps in Atlantic Canada 350 million years ago. But below the canopy sprouted even stranger trees, whose fossils were recently ...