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 ...

Aussies are being urged to join the fight against a worrying issue after ancient Tasmanian tree ferns, some believed to be more than 500 years old, were discovered being sold as garden products as far ...

Promotional Widget for West Hawaii Today Jobs. 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 ...

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 ...

Click to open image viewer. Botanical and landscape sketch of a tall tree fern in a lush, mountainous forest in Jamaica. The tree's thin trunk climbs up the center of the composition, culminating in a ...

The way trees grow together do not resemble how branches grow on a single tree, scientists have discovered. The way trees grow together do not resemble how branches grow on a single tree, scientists ...

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 ...