Imagine a photograph of your great-grandparents, grandparents and parents side by side. You’d see a resemblance, but each ...

Indoor ferns make a great addition to home decor with their lush, green foliage and ability to prosper in different indoor conditions ...

In the Panamanian rainforest, scientists found the first known plant species to transform decaying tissue into a new source of nutrients.

All fern leaves develop from fiddleheads in the spring, but Sundue was quick to point out that the ostrich fern is the only fern from which humans harvest the fiddleheads.

Those rows of orange cluster under a fern leaf are spores waiting to be catapulted away. Look at the underside of a fern leaf. Those rows of orange clusters aren’t tiny insects; they’re spores ...

Seed ferns: Plants experimented with complex leaf vein networks 201 million years ago Flowering plant-type leaf veins died out and re-evolved several times in the course of the Earth's history ...

Holly fern leaves are attractive in cut flower arrangements, where they last for weeks. Keep plants mulched, and irrigate during prolonged dry spells. Propagate by division. Plants are available ...

Scientists recently discovered a zombie fern that can reanimate its dead leaves and turn them into roots, giving itself new life.

Ragweed plants have spiky flowers that are dull green or yellowish, and the stems of the plant look hairy. The leaves are thin and divided, with lobes or “teeth” somewhat like fern leaves.