Zombie fungi were already controlling insects 100 million years ago, according to a recent study of fossils trapped in ...

A new study suggests that plants deceive their neighbors using fungi, faking warning signals in order to compete.

The cordyceps species in "The Last of Us," Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is real and does exactly what the show purports —just ...

Modern science is only now uncovering what Aboriginal communities have long understood about Australia's flora.

Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.

Ferns thrive in moist, well-drained soil, and while some prefer full sun, most require a shady spot. As a ground cover, their ...

A Japanese painted fern has large fronds, colored like stained glass. Maturing at 2 feet, these deciduous ferns need shade ...

Ferns of all types are rather an anomaly in the plant world. because they don’t have flowers or seeds. Instead, they reproduce by spores found as brown bumps or dots on the backside of the leaf.

But since ferns have no seeds, they can modify their leaves into whatever spore-producing structure best suits the environment. “Evolution has no finish line.

SPORE IMPORTANCE Ferns do things a little differently. The diploid ferns produce haploid cells called spores, and these will blow across the landscape when conditions allow. But the strange thing ...

But the strange thing about these spores is that they can grow into multicellular haploid organism. These do not resemble the large diploid plants in any way, shape, or form.

Since ferns disperse by tiny spores that are easily carried by the wind to distant locations, non-native ferns planted in a single garden might produce spores that end up developing into plants ...