Beginning over 550 million years ago, ancient freshwater algae underwent complex genetic adaptations developing protective cuticles and vascular tissues to conquer the desolate early continents. This ...

Relationships with climatic and atmospheric factors (MAT, MAP, VPD, UVB, and N deposition), overstory covers (tree, shrub, herb, and litter), and soil nutrients (C, N, and P) as predictors and the ...

Human Reproduction is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of human reproduction, including reproductive physiology and pathology, endocrinology, andrology, gonad function, ...

Recent research conducted on the long-term issue of age distribution of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico indicates that older fish, age eight and up are more reproductive than younger fish were over ...

Birds do it, and bees do it. Indeed, researchers estimate that over 99.9% of eukaryotes reproduce sexually. What, then, are the true costs and benefits of sex? Yet again, this simple example ...

Scientists have discovered a new form of biological reproduction -- and created self-replicating living robots. Made from frog cells, these computer-designed organisms gather single cells inside a Pac ...

WITH the publication of this volume the whole botanical world, and algologists in particular, owe a special debt of gratitude to Prof. Fritsch. Although ten years have elapsed since the appearance of ...

Hundreds of plants are protected by the Endangered Species Act, but moss is an underdog. There's only one type that has federal protection, but a group of scientists wants to change that. More than ...