Botanists have long puzzled over a peculiarity of ancient plants called cycads: they have huge, bright, fleshy seeds displayed in enormous cones. Botanists have long puzzled over a peculiarity of ...

“Living fossils” abound in popular science writing. The phrase refers to modern species that are uncannily similar to extinct ones. Their bodies seem to have gone unchanged over millions of years, as ...

When a plant endemic to several islands in the Western Pacific Ocean taps the services of a helpful insect, a double-dose of benefits comes its way. The plant is a member of a unique group of plants ...

Here before the dinosaurs, plants now face extinction due to illegal trade and vanishing tropical forests Cycads are the most threatened group of plants in the world. These ancient plants date back ...

A study published in the June 2020 edition of the peer-reviewed journal Horticulturae shows that cycads, which are in decline and among the world's most threatened group of plants, provide an ...

Research on cycad trees in Colombia, Guam, and the Philippines has illuminated how knowledge of their branching behavior may benefit conservation decisions for the endangered plants. In a study ...

James Clugston was on the hunt for a type of tarantula called a "baboon spider" in South Africa when something else grabbed his attention. "This one plant stood out to me … it's blue, but it's super, ...

Cycads first appeared on earth hundreds of millions of years ago. And dinosaurs are thought to have helped them thrive by eating their large cones and dispersing the seeds. Despite their ancient ...

A study published in the June 2020 edition of the peer-reviewed journal Horticulturae shows that cycads, which are in decline and among the world's most threatened group of plants, provide an ...