In a new study published today in Science, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), together with global partners, combine results from two newly discovered prehistoric palm fossils ...

1. A lithospheric-thickening model for the Indo-Asian collision / Gregory Houseman and Philip England -- 2. Neotectonics of Asia: thin-shell finite-element models with faults / Xianghong Kong and ...

When plant biologist Jing-Yi Lu was earning his bachelor’s degree in Taiwan, he began to take note of the local flora. He paid particular attention to the lipstick vines, which, in Taiwan, have short, ...

Naval power in South Asia has evolved significantly over the decades, with India and Pakistan representing two critical players in the region’s maritime dynamics. The rivalry between the two nations ...

The granite petrogenesis and tectonic evolution of Southeast Asia are intimately linked to the region’s protracted convergence history between the Indian, Eurasian and Australian plates. From the ...

East Asian basins record a long and complex history of continental assembly, breakup and reorganisation under the influence of adjacent oceanic plates and far-field stresses. Rift basins emerged in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A white-eared sibia visits a lipstick vine with yellow-green flowers, known as Aeschynanthus acuminatus, in central Taiwan. - Jing ...