New Haven Register

Miraculously, a precious few pine cone seeds actually don't get eaten

Up above, trees are gloriously busy right now, their leaves a radiant green in the sunshine. They're gleefully photosynthesizing with all their might, but that's not all that those trees are doing.
Daily Mail

First fossilized evidence of a pine cone sprouting seeds in a rare botanical process usually seen in fruit is found in 40-million-year-old amber

A pine cone encased in amber for 40 million years is the first evidence of a rare botanical condition that has only been observed one other time in the conifer in 1965. The frozen scene shows the pine ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

The Outside Story: Pine cones: The complicated lives of conifer seeds

MY YARD IS FULL of eastern white pine trees, and every three years or so, it is full of pine cones. This is one of those years. Pine cones have fallen all over the yard, the sidewalk, the driveway.
KTVZ

OSU study yields a first in fossil research: Seeds sprouting from an amber-encased pine cone

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University research has uncovered the first fossil evidence of a rare botanical condition known as precocious germination in which seeds sprout before leaving the ...
Purdue University

South Bend Tribune – Michiana pine trees are loaded with cones that will soon hit the ground. Here’s why.

South Bend Tribune: Look up the next time you pass a pine tree in Michiana — chances are it’s loaded with cones. Conditions this season are ripe for an abundance of these woody reproductive organs of ...
The Denver Post

Fire-ravaged forests get help from pine cone collectors

ALONG THE BURNT MESA TRAIL, N.M. — With snow ready to fall, the scramble was on to collect as many ponderosa pine cones as possible. A crew outfitted with spurs, ropes and hard hats scaled hefty tree ...
The Denver Post

Garden: Pining for pine cones

Look up, look down, and look all around because it appears to be another banner year for cones. Pine cones, spruce cones, fir cones when we talk “pine” cones it includes them all and today that’s just ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Q & A – Why do pine cones open and close?

Q: Why do pine cones open when warm and dry and close when coldand wet? A: “There are actually male and female pine cones,” said BetsyRead, a biology professor at Cal State San Marcos. “The female ...
Science Daily

Unique fossil: Seeds sprouting from an amber-encased pine cone

New research has uncovered the first fossil evidence of a rare botanical condition known as precocious germination in which seeds sprout before leaving the fruit. Oregon State University research has ...
Duluth News Tribune

Ask a Master Gardener: Weather influences pine cone production

Q: I’m wondering why there seem to be thousands of pine cones on the ground this year. I hope you can write an article and reference what might be causing this and if it may have any correlation to ...
South Bend Tribune

Michiana pine trees are loaded with cones that will soon hit the ground. Here's why.

Look up the next time you pass a pine tree in Michiana — chances are it's loaded with cones. Conditions this season are ripe for an abundance of these woody reproductive organs of pine trees, and they ...