Paleobotany

A new method of sampling fossil leaves allows researchers to more accurately predict climate temperatures.

How tiny fossilized plant particles in Costa Rica can be used to reconstruct past landscapes.

Researchers sink their teeth into this tricky evolutionary question.

By extracting phytoliths from once-living plants, scientists were able to uncover a story of vegetation change in response to climate.

30 million years ago, the world lacked its grass-dominated environments, but 70 million years ago, grasses had not evolved—or so we think.

Washington state is home to a wide variety of fossils. Best of all, there age has several fossil sites that are open to the public.

Researcher Regan Dunn reconstructs what types of vegetation existed in ancient Patagonia to understand the impact of climate change.