Contrary to popular belief, the rise of land mammals may not be solely linked to the disappearance of dinosaurs. A study ...

Researchers suggest that ground-based mammals fared better than their arboreal relatives during the end-Cretaceous extinction ...

Learn more about the mammalian transition from arboreal to terrestrial life, which began millions of years before the arrival ...

Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...

Terrestrial carbon sinks grew by 30% from 1992 to 2019, with most carbon stored in nonliving pools, not forests, prompting a ...

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are steadily rising because of human activities, which is wreaking havoc on the ...

The Government of Canada heard in Crown consultations that Indigenous groups were interested in learning more about the potential terrestrial impacts of TMX. Through the Terrestrial Studies Initiative ...

Using genetic evidence, researchers propose that these iguanas made the extraordinary voyage by rafting on floating vegetation, possibly composed of uprooted trees or plants. For decades ...

This accumulation of terrestrial carbon has increased by 30% over the last decade, from 0.5 gigatonnes per year to 1.7 gigatonnes per year. Yet, vegetation, mainly forests, accounts for only 6% of ...

A key positive outcome of the study is the discovery that most terrestrial carbon gains are sequestered more permanently than in living vegetation. The lack of data on carbon accumulation in soils, ...

This accumulation of terrestrial carbon has increased by 30% over the last decade, from 0.5 gigatonnes per year to 1.7 gigatonnes per year. Yet, vegetation, mainly forests, accounts for only 6% of ...

sustainable biofuels and biochemicals from diverse feedstocks like terrestrial plants and marine algae. "I remember back in middle school when I had collected many leaves of different shapes ...