A bizarre ancient life-form, considered to be the first giant organism to live on land, may belong to a totally unknown ...

It divided organisms into either prokaryotic (or eubacteria, more commonly referred to as bacteria) or the eukaryotic divisions of the fungi, protists, plants and animals ... distinguished from other ...

Viral genomes are differentiated from other replicons and genetic material, such as viroids or plasmids, through a unique three-part strategy for survival that is common to all viruses. First ...

Together with the oceans, they are one of the two most important carbon sinks, due to their capacity to store carbon in the soil and in tree biomass. As such, promoting fast-growing trees could ...

Mixodectes belonged to an extinct family known as mixodectids and lived during the Paleocene epoch. This geological epoch followed the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event that killed off non-avian ...

Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over millions of years. Analyzing nearly ...

It was a year when fire seemed to engulf the continent. Flames surged through the pinyon-juniper woodlands of the Southwest, the ponderosa pine stands of the Rocky Mountains, the mixed conifer ...

Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares (6,178 acres) of new woodland created in the west of England as part of a "national forest" drive, the government has announced. The Western ...

Learn about our editorial policies Decision trees are major components of finance, philosophy, and decision analysis in university classes. Yet, many students and graduates fail to understand ...

Scientists then leaned towards it being a giant fungus, but the classification remained uncertain. A 2007 study even ...

Hervey Bay was hit by extensive flash flooding on Sunday, trees toppled, power lines were brought down, and supermarkets flooded, which will affect food supply, Mr Crisafulli said. Loading ...