Living organisms need nitrogen as a central building block for protein formation, for example. However, although our ...

For now, life thrives on our oxygen-rich planet. But Earth’s atmosphere won’t always be so welcoming. In fact, scientists ...

The scientists used their data to chart where and when plant species emerged or disappeared across Siberia and Alaska.

And yet, fungi have also been integral to the development of life on Earth. In fact, neither land plants nor terrestrial animals would exist them. “Fungi are absolutely remarkable chemists ...

Rising temperatures make plants lose more water, weakening their ability to absorb carbon dioxide and survive heat stress.

fill an approximately 25-million-year gap in knowledge by reconciling the molecular clock—or pace of evolution—with the fossil spore record—the physical evidence of early plant life gathered by ...

For a long time, scientists believed that early life on Earth struggled due to a lack of usable nitrogen. This new discovery ...

A stunning photo of a "parade of planets", shows Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Venus, Neptune, and Mercury in alignment from ...

Early plants began producing colorful fruits and flowers ... first saw the world in color to the dazzling displays of modern birds and flowers, life on Earth has been painting its canvas for over half ...

What if growing food on Mars could revolutionize agriculture on Earth? NASA’s groundbreaking space farming experiments aim to ...

United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year, resumed its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the ...

Riley Black’s new book, When the Earth was Green, uses the latest research to envision the ancient worlds of our favorite prehistoric animals.