When someone mentions ferns, is the first image that comes to mind that of dainty plants with ornate leaves sometimes in unusual colours? What if someone told you that some ferns can grow as tall as ...

In the Panamanian rainforest, scientists found the first known plant species to transform decaying tissue into a new source of nutrients. By Douglas Main In the rainforests of western Panama, the ...

LeRoy Rodgers spends plenty of time in the Florida Everglades — mainly in airboats. He works for the South Florida Water Management District. On a recent day, he eases his boat alongside a tree island ...

For the first time, researchers have characterized the genome arrangement of tree ferns, which sheds new insight into how ferns evolved. Land plants evolved 470 million years ago from algae and have ...

Kingsley Dixon's trip abroad could have been perfect. After all, the acclaimed Australian botanist won the "plant Olympics" with a gold for his rare orchid at the Chelsea Flower Show in England. But a ...

I purchased a Japanese fern tree in 2006 and it was beautiful for several years. Leaves have yellowed and fallen off by the thousands. It seemed to do fairly well during the cold spell losing more ...

The tenacious Old World climbing fern — native to Africa, Asia and Australia — is toppling trees as it swamps the state. It also threatens to... Invasive Fern In Florida Threatens To Take Down More ...

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