The Van Eck Forest in northwestern California is home to iconic coast redwood trees, which store more above-ground carbon per ...

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 ...

Plant biologists report that a species of tree fern found only in Panama reanimates its own dead leaf fronds, converting them into root structures that feed the mother plant. The fern, Cyathea ...

In the Panamanian rainforest, scientists found the first known plant species to transform decaying tissue into a new source of nutrients. By Douglas Main In the rainforests of western Panama, the ...

They are stout stalwarts of our forests, among the largest ferns of our flora. Although they most commonly inhabit the forest floor, sometimes you will spot one growing out of a rock face or crotch of ...

The Miyawaki Method was invented nearly 20 years ago by Japanese botanist and plant ecologist Akira Miyawaki. It involves planting a variety of different flora and fauna very close together so that ...

PARADISE, MI -- With 48,000 acres of wilderness there’s no shortage of plant discoveries in Tahquamenon Falls State Park in the Upper Peninsula. While navigating the 40 miles of hiking trails you’ll ...

Forest engineers are working on ways to future-proof forests in ‍North Rhine-Westphalia under a program that includes mixing ...

Nothing quite compares to the majesty of a towering redwood tree. These forest giants have inspired generations of artists, from Albert Bierstadt and his sweeping portraits of the American West to the ...

A Latahar tree in Jhapa's Jalthal forest. All photos: LILA NATH SHARMA Deep inside Jhapa’s Jalthal forest, a group of us botanists were identifying the diversity of flora in the lowest-lying part of ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign plant biology professor James Dalling and his colleagues discovered that some tree ferns recycle their dead fronds into roots. The researchers call these ...