New simulation suggests millions of undiscovered terrestrial species, revealing hidden patterns in biodiversity and animal ...

A new review of Triassic fossils from Germany reveals rich tetrapod diversity and links to modern biodiversity and climate ...

Ecological network management provides key mechanistic knowledge on ecosystem degradation that links species- to ecosystem-level responses to global change, and emerging technological tools offer the ...

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

The analysis of bone fragments shows that their adaptation to terrestrial life was already underway ... Flowering plants, by diversifying ground habitats, likely facilitated this transition. Meanwhile ...

Burmese pythons are spreading northward from their established breeding range in the Florida Everglades. Crossbreeding with Indian rock pythons have allowed them to expand their territory.

Researchers say these creatures were already exploring terrestrial spaces several million years ahead ... that provided rich understory habitats in which to live. “The vegetational habitat was more ...

Definition: A terrestrial planet refers to a planet (celestial body) that is made up of silicate rocks or metals. Description: The term terrestrial is derived from the Latin word 'terra', which means ...

Apr. 2, 2025 — People living in Bronze Age-era Denmark may have been able to travel to Norway directly over the open sea, according to a new study. To complete this study, the research team ...

Reports of plastics, at higher levels than previously thought, in the water that we drink and the air that we breathe, are generating considerable interest and concern. Plastics have been recorded in ...

Figure 1. Sea ice habitat showing transition from inshore (stationary) landfast ice to offshore (mobile) pack ice. The diagram features key ice-associated biota and the drivers of change that are used ...