A woodland fern in France developed from two plants from separate species which diverged 60 million years in the past. Genetic analysis revealed the heritage of the vegetative life form. Normally, ...

Ferns are often valued for their beauty and ability to soften outdoor spaces, creating a little corner of peace wherever they are planted. Unlike other ornamental plants, many ferns thrive in filtered ...

The ferns and their relatives first appear in the fossil record some 360 million years ago in the late Devonian period. They diversified into many of the modern fern families and species during the ...

Asparagus fern (Asparagus densiflorus), also known as foxtail fern, is a member of the Asparagaceae family. It is an easy-to-grow, popular houseplant recognizable by its bright green, ...

Analyses of genetic material from a multitude of fern species suggest that much of that plant group branched out millions of years after flowering plants appeared, a notion that contradicts many ...

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 ...

Scientists determined the formaldehyde removal efficiency of a diverse cross-section of 86 indoor plant species. Ferns had the highest formaldehyde removal efficiency of the five classes of plants ...

Forget your favorite flowers, because we’re talking all about the mean green sporing machines. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we dive into the first few branches of plants’ phylogenetic ...

The plants seem to divide labor to maximize the health of their colonies that grow up the sides of trees. By Elizabeth Preston K.C. Burns’s favorite research days are the ones where he puts on his ...