including at least three main plant phyla, including club moss, ferns and seed ferns. Most of these ancient plants are early types that have been lost in the long river of geological history ...

A newly discovered phylum of Archaea, Brockarchaeota, can break down plant and organic matter without releasing methane. An international collaboration between scientists based in the USA and China, ...

Previously, scientists assumed all plant-eating archaea produced methane ... but researchers hypothesize that the secrets of the Brockarchaeota phylum could inspire breakthroughs in biotechnology ...