Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns ...

Researchers at the University of Southampton have proposed that some wild plant species possess certain attributes which make ...

Over 450 million years ago, plants began the epic transition from water to dry land. Among the first pioneers were the ...

A new archaeological study, conducted along the Jordan River banks south of northern Israel’s Hula Valley, offers a fresh ...

Research uncovers early humans' reliance on plant-based foods, revealing ancient tools and 780,000-year-old starch grains.

Hornworts are the only land plants with a pyrenoid-based CO 2-concentrating mechanism. This study presents evidence that some of the key components in algal pyrenoid-based CO 2-concentrating ...

Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns can evolve “backward” ...

“Evolution has no finish line. There is no end goal, no final state,” writes Jacob Suissa, Assistant Professor of Plant Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee, for a piece in The ...

A team at the University of Calgary is making scientific advances in understanding plant adaptation, which could ultimately ...

New research reveals insights into the genetic blueprints of hornworts, uncovering fascinating details about plant evolution and the early days of life on land. “We began by decoding the genomes of ...

Researchers have proposed that some wild plant species possess certain attributes which make them more suitable for human cultivation than others.