Previously believed to be plant or fungi, these giant organisms may have been a now-extinct fourth type of life.

Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

Prototaxites, the first giant organism to live on land, have long been thought to have been some sort of plant, fungus or algae. Now, a new research paper ...

Their cell structure is simpler than the cells of animals, plants and fungi. Size Most are 5 μm ... plasmids are found in a few simple eukaryotic organisms. DNA is a single molecule, found ...