Plant biologists report that a species of tree fern found only in Panama reanimates its own dead leaf fronds, converting them into root structures that feed the mother plant. The fern, Cyathea ...

Probably the first pioneer plants to arrive in Hawaii were mosses and ferns. Ferns have been around for over 360 million years. Giant tree fern forests were common for millions of years but they gave ...

Researchers have clarified the evolutionary history of a previously poorly known group of ferns from the tropical rainforests of America using DNA methods. The study discovered many new fern species, ...

Ferns are at their most diverse and abundant in the world’s tropical rainforests. This warm and humid ecosystem is heaven for these plants, which unfurl their feather-like leaves in the damp and ...

• The Australian tree fern (Cyathea cooperi) is a large tropical fern that forms a trunk. In the wild, a mature tree’s medium to dark green fronds can grow 5 to 8 feet long, but the fronds will be ...

Ferns, which have been called “living fossils,” reveal the powerful resilience and adaptability of ancient life forms. Among them, tree ferns, which are perfectly adapted to local conditions in Taiwan ...

Researchers have described six species of ferns new to science from the tropical forests of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, all in the genus Danaea. The ferns range in height from 20 centimeters ...

A rare tiny cloud-forest fern - never seen before in Europe - has been discovered in Co Kerry. Botanical researcher Dr Rory Hodd was in a remote part of Killarney National Park, one of Europe's few ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign plant biology professor James Dalling and his colleagues discovered that some tree ferns recycle their dead fronds into roots. The researchers call these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pasja1000/Pixabay, CC BY-SA Ferns are at their most diverse and abundant in the world’s tropical rainforests. This warm and humid ...