Large fruits and seeds buried under volcanic ash nearly 75 million years ago upend the idea that flowering plants only came ...

Life on Earth took a long evolutionary journey that eventually created us, the purportedly intelligent species that dominates ...

Thomas Mulligan examines the extraordinary survival strategies of the planet's most durable organisms that have endured every ...

Birds are the only dinosaurs that survived the devastating asteroid impact 66 million years ago. The songbirds you see today are directly linked to the velociraptor, triceratops and T. rex. The cover ...

Explore the events surrounding the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, focusing on the cataclysmic incident that changed life ...

One of the most devastating extinctions in Earth’s history is best known for what didn’t die — dinosaurs. But the end-Triassic extinction 201 million years ago wiped out roughly 60 percent of Earth’s ...

The finding effectively paves the way for continued use of atrazine, a widely used herbicide that has been linked to birth defects and cancer in humans. By Hiroko Tabuchi The Trump administration has ...

We are providing an unedited version of this manuscript to give early access to its findings. Before final publication, the manuscript will undergo further editing. Please note there may be errors ...

An international collaboration involving researchers from the University of Western Australia, the University of Ottawa and several partner institutions specializing in geosciences has identified ...

Extra copies of genetic instructions may have helped flowering plants survive mass extinctions, including the catastrophe that saw off the dinosaurs. New findings suggest that angiosperms – flowering ...

High plant extinction rates are projected for southern Europe, the western U.S. and southern Australia by 2100, posing risks to plant species like these eucalyptus trees growing in Australia.

Tropical ecosystems rely on the infrastructure provided by termites. These insects supply plants with vital nutrients by breaking down organic waste, bringing water to the roots by aerating the soil ...