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 ...

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Flowers are probably what most people associate with plants. Indeed, many flowering plant species can be seen everywhere.

A 407-million-year-old plant fossil from northeast Scotland reveals a hidden partnership with a new species of fungus .

Researchers at the Center for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) have developed a new system that combines spore trapping ...

Sifting of organic residues from ancient rocks has netted a catch of tiny fossils that provide clues about when plant life first appeared on land. Spores are produced by land plants in prodigious ...

These are horsetails. They are hundred-and-fifty-million-year-old plants and the last of their kind. Instead of seeds, they give off spores. And instead of flying or swimming, these spores use ...

A variety of fossilized plant spores have been found in rocks from Western Australia that date from the early Ordovician era—approximately 480 million years ago. According to a paper published in ...

If you want to stop potholes from forming in asphalt roads, you've gotta get 'em while they're still just tiny cracks. A new self-healing asphalt could one day do that very thing, utilizing spores ...