How did life move from water to land? Discover the 550-million-year journey from ancient algae to the first vascular plants like Cooksonia.

Littlejohn’s tree frog has reproduced in captivity for the first time, offering new hope for the survival of this endangered ...

You will be redirected to our submission process. DRAFT Reproductive success depends on precisely coordinated molecular and cellular signaling across sperm function, oocyte maturation, fertilization, ...

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Priestcliffe, Derbyshire: The limestone walls in this parish are festooned with luminous mosses, in a variety that’s often beyond our comprehension The word bryophyte refers to a group of plants that ...

THE note in Nature 1 on the recently published history of the British Bryological Society ends with these words: "The taxonomy of mosses and liverworts is now largely established, but many bryological ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: Chondrichthyan fishes—a group that includes rays, skates, chimaeras, and sharks—are thought to have energy intensive reproduction cycles due in no ...

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The ready availability of water resources distinguishes the humid forest of Chapada do Araripe, Ceará State, Brazil, from the semiarid vegetation around it. The regional climate demonstrates a marked ...

In Telford's Exotic Zoo, life found a way. A casque-headed iguana has given birth to eight babies at the Shropshire wildlife park – without any contact with a male, via a phenomenon called ...

The Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba National Park (NRPNP) is the largest conservation unit in the Brazilian Cerrado, featuring various physiognomic types and water resources. We investigated the richness ...

Researchers at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have uncovered a long-sought mechanism employed by primitive land plants such as bryophytes (including mosses and ...