Previously believed to be plant or fungi, these giant organisms may have been a now-extinct fourth type of life.

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Evolution explains how better adapted organisms ... All over the planet, plants and animals adapt to the challenges of their own habitat. These distant fox cousins range from the frozen north ...

When they died, the plants and animals were buried by mud, sand, or silt on the sea floor. Land animals and plants usually decomposed or were eaten, and mainly the hard parts -- teeth, bones ...

Camouflage is a common defensive strategy among animals. By modifying their coloration and patterning, animals evade ...

Plant behavior may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends, ...

Mutualistic interactions are mutually beneficial species interactions. Plant-pollinator mutualisms are particularly important, and involve nearly 170,000 plant and 200,000 animal species.