Plants consumed as food provide chemical energy, which has been converted by plants from the sun's light energy through photosynthesis. Photosynthesis only occurs in plants, algae, and some bacteria.

The first land plants burst forth from ancient algae onto the Earth about 550 million years ago. This one-off evolutionary event, known as plant terrestrialization, fundamentally changed the ...

Algae provide clues about 600 million years of plant evolution. ScienceDaily . Retrieved July 23, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 08 / 230830160828.htm ...

Genomes of 'star algae' shed light on origin of plants. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 05 / 240503135341.htm ...

“The sea slug Elysia chlorotica is a small, unassuming creature that performs a remarkable feat: It eats algae and steals its ...

Land plants are extremely diverse in terms of their structure and represent the most complex photosynthetic organisms. Their closest relatives, the conjugating green algae (Zygnematophyceae ...

Thanks to a recent discovery regarding marine algae, scientists have developed crop plants that absorb a fuller spectrum of sunlight, resulting in better growth. The finding could also lead to ...

This war is between plants and algae! Like a football game, each side has many players who excel with differing abilities to use various nutrients and light. In this war, if the plants are winning, ...

These Plants Photosynthesize Deep in the Arctic Even When There’s No ... Photons filter down through the atmosphere and are eagerly absorbed by light-powered organisms such as plants and algae.

Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials for structures to harbor life in space.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Now this could provide some truly green power. A pair of Missouri universities and electric companies announced plans Friday to use the carbon dioxide pollution from coal ...