Scientists discovered a strange reproductive method in primitive cycad plants: The plants heat up and emit a toxic odor to drive pollen-covered insects out of male cycad cones, and then use a milder ...

Nature deficit disorder is a real problem in the United States. It’s why our kids are so overweight; they prefer staring at a virtual world instead of going out and exploring the real one. You can ...

In 2017, FLORIDA TODAY ran an article about the Atala butterfly that was previously thought to be extinct but had been discovered again. Since that time, the butterflies have made a resurgence and ...

I discovered fungi in the coastal forests of Northern California. There I came to recognize the mushrooms, lichens and liverworts, all small primitive plants you might not notice. What makes fungi ...

As daylengths shorten, nights get cooler, and winds swirl leaf drop from trees is accelerating. Leaves of evergreens, however, persist throughout the winter. One of the few broadleaf evergreens is the ...

Dinosaurs are such popular reptiles these days that it seems appropriate to plan a garden in which they would feel at home. A number of plants whose leaves rustled at the swish of dinosaurs tails are ...

Researchers at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have uncovered a long-sought mechanism employed by primitive land plants such as bryophytes (including mosses and ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - One of Earth's oldest types of plants, the primitive cycad, uses heavy perfume, heat and a bit of guile to lure tiny insects into a strange pollination dance, U.S. researchers said ...

An international team of researchers has pinpointed a dramatic shift in the composition of rocks making up earth’s continents that was driven by the primitive vegetation trapping mud on land, stopping ...

The Catholic-church sex scandal, the tragedy in the Middle East, the lousy economy, the Scooby-Doo movie -- we could all use a break from these powerfully trying times. How about stepping back 400 ...

Researchers at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have uncovered a long-sought mechanism employed by primitive land plants such as bryophytes (including mosses and ...

Names matter. That's why the former Primitive Plant Garden at the San Francisco Botanical Garden is now the Ancient Plant Garden. Nan Arens, professor of geoscience at Hobart and William Smith ...