Researchers reveal diverse microfossil assemblage from mesoproterozoic Xiamaling formation in North China
The mid-Proterozoic (1.85-0.85 Ga), considered the 'boring billion', was a critical time for early evolution of eukaryotic organisms.
The mid-Proterozoic (1.85-0.85 Ga), considered the 'boring billion', was a critical time for early evolution of eukaryotic organisms.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jul 13, 2021
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Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) is an economically important aquatic flowering plant with gardening, medicinal, and food applications. Temperate and tropical lotus are two ecotypes of N. nucifera differing in geographic ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2021
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Ostracods are microcrustacea that first appeared in the Ordovician and are still developing today. Although tiny, they are the most abundant fossil records of the Arthropod phylum, and the most diverse species of Crustaceans, ...
Evolution
Oct 26, 2020
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The role of invasve species in China has attracted wide attention because noxious alien invasive species significantly threaten biodiversity, environment, and economies of the country. Therefore, studying the regional distribution ...
Ecology
Jun 1, 2020
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Understanding how the physical and biological world reacts to climate change is a challenge that science must contend with.
Evolution
May 7, 2020
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A third of the species of tropical plants in Africa are potentially threatened with extinction, according to a preliminary estimate published Wednesday by the journal Science Advances.
Ecology
Nov 20, 2019
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An international team of scientists, led by researchers at McMaster University, has solved a centuries-old mystery of 'Fraser's Clawed Frog', an unusual and elusive species found in West Africa.
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2019
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Neal Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins departed from the moon 50 years ago, but one of the experiments they left behind continues to return fresh data to this day: arrays of prisms that reflect light back toward ...
Space Exploration
Jul 25, 2019
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A remarkable bioluminescent click beetle was discovered in the subtropical evergreen broadleaf forests in southwest China. Scientists Mr. Wen-Xuan Bi, Dr. Jin-Wu He, Dr. Xue-Yan Li, all affiliated with the Chinese Academy ...
Ecology
Jul 23, 2019
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Declining biodiversity due to man-made habitat destruction and climate change means that information about plant diversity and its distribution across the planet is now crucial for biodiversity conservation. With the Global ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 27, 2019
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