Islands are home to nearly one-third of the world's plant species, despite covering just 5.3% of the Earth's land surface. That's according to a new ...

From Tasmania to Madagascar to New Guinea, islands make up just over five per cent of Earth’s land yet are home to 31 per cent of the world’s plant species. A new study shows that of all plants ...

The findings, published Friday in Nature Geoscience, based on a meticulous analysis of Landsat images from 1986 to 2021, show ...

A new study has revealed that islands are home to around one in three of the world's plant species, despite covering just ...

Other research, including fossil studies, suggests that beech trees grew on Antarctica as recently as 2.5 million years ago, ...

an associate professor emeritus at Ohio State University and the author of “Common Mosses, Liverworts and Lichens of Ohio.” He said by email that tree moss (Climacium americanum), which grows ...

“Tasmania in particular is globally important for bryophytes [mosses and liverworts],” he said. "Once you start taking a close look … you can see a tremendous beauty and diversity.

Volunteers uncover over 650 species including the Gibellula fungus during wildlife surveys for rainforest restoration project ...

A “zombie” spider fungus, like the species that inspired The Last of Us, has been discovered in Scotland’s temperate rainforest. What ...

Satellite images show the area covered by vegetation has grown dramatically and is now 10 times larger than it was four ...

Back in late July, we were asked to confirm whether the mammal in a photo submitted to Nottinghamshire Post was a wallaby.