How an ancient UV-B defence mechanism shaped the evolution of the first land plants ...

The transition of plants from aquatic to terrestrial environments represents one of the most transformative events in Earth’s history. Phylogenetic analyses of green algae and embryophytes have ...

Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth. From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food, fodder and timber. All this diversity emerged from an algal ancestor that ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "Life oasis" for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian mass extinction, the most severe biological crisis ...