Fern reproduction is so mysterious it remained wrapped in mystery and magic until the middle of the 19th century. The reason is that – unlike all other plants – ferns don’t flower and therefore ...

A genome study explains why the invasive water fern Salvinia molesta spreads so fast, offering new hope for its control.

(Phys.org) —A combined team of researchers from Nagoya University and the University of Tokyo has discovered that a certain type of fern plant communicates with others of its kind using pheromones as ...

Did you give or receive flowers for St. Valentine’s Day? Though not a flower, your commercial floral arrangement may have included our local native sword fern. Ferns were considered magic for a long ...

Chris Haufler is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas. He researches plant biology, including the genetics of ferns. (AP PHOTO/Sara Shepherd/Lawrence ...

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, ...

(a) Sporophytes and (b) independent gametophytes. (c) Strap-like individual gametophytes under the microscope. Scale bar is 5.0mm. (d) Clonal forming (reproduction) by gametophytes under the ...