When the growing gets tough, the tough trees and shrubs get growing. Australia's environment is brutal. Its ancient, ...

At the start of the period, dinosaurs ruled the loosening remnants of the supercontinent Pangaea as rodents scurried at their feet through forests of ferns, cycads, and conifers. At the end of the ...

Crumbling landmasses and inland seas. Sea monsters, sharks, and blood-red plankton. Forests of ferns, cycads, and conifers. Warm, moist, tropical breezes. This was the Jurassic, which took place ...

The research focuses on assessing the abundance and types of carbohydrates stored in the stems, contributing to knowledge on how cycads manage energy storage and resilience in their natural habitats.