Imagine a photograph of your great-grandparents, grandparents and parents side by side. You’d see a resemblance, but each ...

Modern science is only now uncovering what Aboriginal communities have long understood about Australia's flora.

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The monomorphic bulblet fern (Cystopteris bulbifera) uses the same leaves for photosynthesis and spore production. (Image credit: Jacob S. Suissa) Ferns have multiple reproductive strategies.

Ferns often die in summer as most people do not realise they cannot cope with the heat, but there is a simple way to keep ...

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 ...

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Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns can evolve “backward” ...

Like you, I’ve found that our rabbit’s foot fern tends to decrease in the amount of foliage over time. The more "rabbit’s feet" that form, leaf production seems to diminish.

Scientists recently discovered a zombie fern that can reanimate its dead leaves and turn them into roots, giving itself new life.