Life reconstruction of fossil Asteroxylon mackiei. Credit: Matt Humpage, Northern Rogue Studios A 3D model of a 407-million-year-old plant fossil has overturned thinking on the evolution of leaves.

A 3D model of a 407-million-year-old plant fossil has overturned thinking on the evolution of leaves. The research has also led to fresh insights about spectacular patterns found in plants. Leaf ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The majority of plants have leaves, petals and seed structures in spirals that follow the Fibonacci sequence, meaning each sequence is the sum of the ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Fibonacci spiral is found across nature as well as the galaxy itself. Who doesn’t love a good math holiday? Most people know ...

Leaf arrangements in the earliest plants differ from most modern plants, overturning a long-held theory regarding the origins of a famous mathematical pattern found in nature, research shows. The ...