With massive fronds creating a luxuriously green canopy in the understory of Australian forests, tree ferns are a familiar sight on many long drives or bushwalks. But how much do you really know about ...

A printed version of the entire human genome would fill 220 large books. To do the same for a small, seemingly unremarkable fern found on a few Pacific islands would require nearly 11,000 books. The ...

"And particularly it's exciting because it's a plant.” New research shows that the genome size of this fork fern species… is estimated to be more than 50 times the size of a human genome. :: Ilia ...

A small, unassuming fern-like plant has something massive lurking within: the largest genome ever discovered, outstripping the human genome by more than 50 times 1. Study co-author Jaume Pellicer, an ...

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 ...

For the first time, researchers have characterized the genome arrangement of tree ferns, which sheds new insight into how ferns evolved. Land plants evolved 470 million years ago from algae and have ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. During ...

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 ...

Master gardener Wesley Gladhart turned his Metairie backyard into a fern oasis. Here are his fern gardening tips. Advice for terrestrial or landscape ferns "Most of my ferns that are not epiphytes ( ) ...