Ferns are grown for their foliage, which can come in lots of shapes and sizes that range from feathery to smooth, but those sought-after fronds can turn brown for many reasons. If you want to learn ...

To get by in the waterlogged, low-nutrient soil of the Quebrada Chorro forest in western Panama, a species of tree fern repurposes its dead fronds, turning them into roots. The discovery “was ...

Researchers have made a shocking discovery. According to a new study published in Ecology, scientists have discovered a "zombie fern" in Panama that reanimates its dead leaf fronds and turns them into ...

Ferns in the forest were some of the first plants I fell in love with as my eyes started opening up to the beauty of plants. So naturally I wanted to grow them inside the home. But for awhile I ...

Although the word fern often brings to mind a lacy, delicate foliage or frond as fern leaves are called, ferns can also have leathery, shiny fronds or broad, heavy, dense foliage. And now for ...

Ordinarily, once a fern's leaf fronds have died, the plant has no further use for them. Such is not the case with the Cyathea rojasiana fern, though – a scientist has discovered that its dead fronds ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “With more people spending the bulk of their time at home, plants are also coming into their own as a form of artwork,” Pangborn ...

Q: Here’s a picture of the rabbit’s foot fern that we’ve had for over 40 years. I don’t know if it’s root-bound, and I don’t know if it can be replanted. It used to have more fern foliage. Any ideas ...

According to a research team led by palaeontologists, the net-like leaf veining typical for today's flowering plants developed much earlier than previously thought, but died out again several times.