Following the worst mass extinction event on Earth, the land was not entirely barren of life. In the wake of this cataclysm, when forests mostly disappeared and many familiar plant species were lost, ...

Earth responded to its most severe past warming event by evolving a new and bizarre type of photosynthesis that allowed a group of primitive plants to survive. Research led by the University of Leeds ...

As daylengths shorten, nights get cooler, and winds swirl leaf drop from trees is accelerating. Leaves of evergreens, however, persist throughout the winter. One of the few broadleaf evergreens is the ...

Tiny, low-growing green plants with lobed leaves cover the ground in small patches among the stones around Maurice Cullen’s pond in Kings Grant in Virginia Beach. Called liverworts, these primitive ...

A LONG TIME AGO, not so far away, freshwater plants partnered with fungi and moved onto land from lake and river shores. Since that time, land plants have evolved many sophisticated strategies for ...

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THE publication of a new work by Prof. F. O. Bower dealing with the Archegoniatæ is an event of importance in the study of the morphology of plants. For Prof. Bower, who has contributed largely to our ...

Dinosaurs are such popular reptiles these days that it seems appropriate to plan a garden in which they would feel at home. A number of plants whose leaves rustled at the swish of dinosaurs tails are ...