The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...

The Earth: a ringed planet, much like Saturn, surrounded by a hula hoop of asteroids. The summit of Mount Everest: a tropical, vibrant paradise replete with frolicking shellfish and warm waters ...

The majority of life that existed during the Ordovician period was marine. Though not as advanced as what we have now, Ordovician life was more developed than that of the Cambrian period. The ...

A newly developed "plant tree of life" may help scientists crack an "abominable mystery" declared by Charles Darwin. Flowering plants first evolved over 140 million years ago.

After the first flower bloomed on the Earth, flowering plants evolved a staggering diversity and now make up about 90% of all plant life. Charles Darwin called this rapid domination an ...

Amazing Fossil Site Reveals Life From the Ordovician . Press release EurekAlert! February 12, 2024 Christian McCall Nearly 400 exceptionally well-preserved fossils dating back 470 million years have ...