Researchers at IIT Guwahati have discovered that while drought shrinks the vertical water channels in plants, it triggers a ...

The Ancient Geological Foundation That Made It All Possible The original Everglades are the product of the subtle ...

When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep mantle trapped an ocean’s worth of water, ...

Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial impacts churned its surface and interior into a seething ocean of magma—an ...

New research shows how warm water moves under Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf, revealing how hidden currents and seafloor shape ...

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

In the face of mounting climate disasters, tribes, scientists, and Southern communities are rallying around a nearly ...

Scientists have discovered that beneficial root-dwelling fungi boost plant resilience to disease by remodeling the plant cell ...

While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...