As inexplicable as it may seem for a tree to grow with a twisted trunk, there are actually logical reasons for this to happen ...

The Tree of Life isn't really the best metaphor for how evolution actually works (indeed, if we must use a metaphor, a spider’s web may be a better image—a twisted, chaotic mass of diverging ...

The "grotesque" baobab tree has long been known as the "tree of life" for its ability to create ... "A thick, bottle-like trunk rises to support spindly branches. Baobabs are deciduous, and ...

the Tree of Life looks more like a relatively squat, mangled creature, as the height of its potential was tampered with by high winds teasing out its trunk and branches. But perhaps most of the ...

Trace back the history of any creature from humans to slugs, and you’ll eventually be able to follow all of the branches on the animal tree of life back to its trunk. But that trunk had to ...