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A Grass-Fed Evolution? Altered Environment Fueled Human ChangeWhen new plants created savanna in Africa they may have encouraged human evolution.
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How tall can trees grow?The interplay between opposing forces that act on trees define their theoretical maximum height.
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Icebergs Feed Ocean LifeIcebergs, carrying iron, cause life to bloom near Antarctica, a study indicates.
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Arctic's Spring Phytoplankton Blooms Arrive EarlierThe blooms of tiny plants appear to peak earlier in Arctic waters with decreasing sea ice.
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Genomic Fossils Reveal Explosion of Life 3 Billion Years AgoLife on Earth expanded rapidly about three billion years ago, about the time the chemical process behind photosynthesis and respiration evolved, study says.
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Nature Offers Template for Solar Energy MaterialsA researcher looks to plant photosynthesis as inspiration to harness the power of the sun.
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Even in the Desert, Plants Feel the Heat of Global WarmingA University of Arizona ecologist studies how climate change is impacting vegetation in the Sonoran Desert.
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Surprising Sea Slug Is Half-plant, Half-animalA green sea slug appears to be part animal, part plant, as it's the first critter discovered to produce the plant pigment chlorophyll.
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Summer Bloom in the Barents SeaSatellites capture a giant phytoplankton bloom near Russia.
