In fact, plants developed their complex vascular network because of evolutionary pressure, from drought, which in turn allowed them to live and thrive on dry land. Brett Huggett works with students in ...

An existing corridor of protected land has now been expanded farther west ... which will also protect numerous rare and threatened plant and animal species that live within the region.

During plant terrestrialization, plants evolved from being aquatic organisms to those that live on land, a crucial shift in shaping the planet’s ecosystems, biodiversity and climate. Symbiotic, or win ...

Deserts cover more than one-fifth of the Earth's land area, and they are found ... them with fast-growing grasses. Many desert plants can live for hundreds of years. But in California, the iconic ...

Sporopollenin shields the DNA in pollen and spores from light, heat, cold and desiccation. Without it, plants would be unable to live on land. But sporopollenin’s toughness made it tough to study, ...