extinct plants

An extinct plant, described in ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman literature as a sexual enhancer and a cure-all, has been unexpectedly revived at the foot of a volcano.

Researchers have discovered a 400 million-year-old plant fossil that could reveal an important step in the way plants evolved in the past.

600 species of plants have become extinct in the last 250 years, more than double the number of extinct species of mammals, amphibians and birds combined, according to recent

British scientists are planning to revitalize buried aquatic species for more than a century.

According to the updated Red List of endangered plant and animal species in the world, July 21, nearly 21,000 species are at risk of disappearing from the Earth.