The fungus are the quiet decomposers, playing a critical role in the recycling of biomatter. Without fungus to break down dead biomass and return those nutrients to the wild, the biosphere would collapse.

The plants are photosynthetic organisms, capable of turning the raw energy in sunlight into biological chemicals, which then sustains the entire food chain with carbon & nutrients.

The protista are a diverse group of organisms, including both single celled and multicellular species. From an evolutionary perspective, they are the bridge between bacteria, and complex macroscopic life.

A brief introduction into the diversity of life, beginning with the oldest lineages on Earth; the Archaea & Bacteria.

In the presence of Human development and pollution, and extreme climate change, what does the future hold for the evolution of Earth life?

The Holocene marks the most recent ~10,000 years of natural history, including the rise of Human civilization and the wholesale transformation of the Earths surface.

The Cenozoic Era began with the destruction of the dinosaurs, and would see the rise to dominance and wild diversification of the birds and the mammals, including the emergence of a curious primate species.

The Mesozoic Era saw the evolutionary emergence and rise to dominance of the dinosaurs, and the emergence of early bird and mammal ancestors.

The Paleozoic Era saw the rapid emergence of increasingly complex life forms that filled the sea and the land, but they would all face extinction during the events known as the Great Dying.

Life on Earth is billions of years old. This ancient natural history comes to us in the form of fossils and genetic relationships, revealing the incredible story of the evolution of life.