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 ...

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 ...

Fern species represent one of the most diverse and evolutionarily significant lineages of vascular plants. Over recent decades, phylogenetic studies have endeavoured to elucidate the evolutionary ...

Unique fern sucks nutrients from the soil using dead "zombie leaves" By Ben Coxworth January 29, 2024 Plant biology professor James Dalling and colleagues discovered that some tree ferns recycle their ...

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 ...

Staghorn ferns have leaf-like fronds that are visually appealing. They are long lived and grow well in indirect light.

Land plants evolved 470 million years ago from algae and have since reshaped our world. Throughout their evolution, ferns have undergone a series of changes that have helped them survive on land. For ...