Ancient microbes illustrate a particular kind of respiration in which carbon dioxide and hydrogen are combined to form acetic ...

A dense shrub with light purple flowers found in the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district ...

Criterion (x): As a globally important stronghold of biodiversity Río Plátano harbours at least 586 species of vascular plants in its diverse habitats and there may still be species new to science in ...

Nearly half of Heliconia species—tropical plants vital to rainforest ecosystems—are at risk of extinction, according to new ...

The glass doesn't allow any UVA or UVB, so you're not going to get a suntan inside Biosphere 2. But as you can see, the plants here have been growing for nearly 35 years, and they're massive ...

That potentially doubles the projected lifespan of Earth's plants and animals ... of how long Earth can maintain a functioning biosphere – our only data for this in the entire Universe.

We started with a newly released study, detailing the plants, species and ecosystems ... one of multiple agencies contributing to the biosphere's climate vulnerability report.