Wyoming's first new coal mine in 50 years is said to be operating soon but it won't rely on the fossil fuel to make money.

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And now, in a triumph of cross-border collaboration, an international team, armed with a rich Chinese fossil record and ...

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As the first land plants began to colonize the terrestrial environment, they provided food and shelter for animals that would follow, kick-starting the complex web of life on land.

A new Yale study finds that a destabilized ozone layer may have delayed the rise of land animals and plants on Earth.

The Jurupa Valley City Planning Commission has requested further study on a development that potentially threatens one of the oldest plants in the world.

It highlights the fascinating genetic strategies of plant evolution. The first land plants burst forth from ancient algae onto the Earth about 550 million years ago.

Plant life first emerged on land about 550 million years ago, and an international research team co-led by a UNL computational biologist has cracked the genomic code of its humble beginnings ...