A new species of hangingfly with wings that perfectly mimic the leaf of an ancient ginkgo-like tree has been discovered in China by scientists at the Smithsonian, the University of Maryland and the ...

Q. I have read that ginkgo trees can live for hundreds of years. Is this true, and what makes them so unusual? Why are they called “living fossils?” A. Modern ginkgoes belong to a single species of ...

The ginkgo tree, known scientifically as Ginkgo biloba, is one of the oldest living tree species on Earth — dating back more ...