New Atlas

Unique fern sucks nutrients from the soil using dead "zombie leaves"

Unique fern sucks nutrients from the soil using dead "zombie leaves" By Ben Coxworth January 29, 2024 Plant biology professor James Dalling and colleagues discovered that some tree ferns recycle their ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Speaking of Nature: Climbing out on a limb: The Hartford fern is not your typical fern

Looking very “unfernlike,” the American Climbing Fern has individual leaves that look something like a hand. About the size of a quarter, they can be easy to overlook. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON ...
IFLScience

These Ferns Can “Evolve Backward”, Challenging Our Assumptions About Plant Evolution

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...
Berkshire Eagle

Vascular patterns and forest clues tell the story of ferns

It was an early April morning and Nature was playing tricks on us. The weather had been cold and raw for days, but then suddenly there was a break from the trend. The temperature soared into the high ...
Berkshire Eagle

Searching the spring woods for one of North America's rarest ferns

I covered the evolution of ferns, their place in the general evolution of terrestrial plants and the curious nature of their reproductive cycle. To put it plainly, things got away from me and I didn’t ...