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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan Forestry Research Institute said Monday that it is using cold storage technology to aid the reproduction of Taiwan quillworts, an endangered endemic aquatic plant.

Along the ancient banks of a river in what is now northern Israel, scientists have uncovered surprising details about the ...

It was a morning in early April and Nature was playing tricks on us. The weather had been cold and raw for days, but then ...

Xiaoqi Feng holding a male liverwort in her lab at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). The group of Xiaoqi Feng at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) uses this ...

On a spring morning, a search for a specific species of fern leads to a discussion on ancient plant history, vascular beauty ...

Most people think of crocodilians as living fossils—stubbornly unchanged, prehistoric relics that have ruled the world's ...

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass ...

Discover how crocodiles survived two mass extinctions thanks to their flexible diets and habitats, according to research.