The bird's nest fern (Asplenium nidus) is a beautiful addition to any indoor plant collection. Unlike other ferns that have feathery leaflets, the bird's nest fern is characterized by their smooth ...

Forget birdwatching, fern foraging hikes are the new hot trend in nature exploration! These so-called Pteridomania (fern ...

While you can grow asparagus from seed, most of us are going to begin by planting what is known as an asparagus crown.

Keeping these delicate plants happy can be pretty tricky. Here’s how to give your asparagus fern everything it needs to thrive. Asparagus ferns may be best known for their airy, delicate foliage ...

Ferns aren’t any better preserved in the fossil record than other types of plants, and so their explosion in abundance in the centuries following the asteroid’s impact suggests that “something about ...

They diversified into many of the modern fern families and species during the “great fern radiation” of the Cretaceous period, from 145 to 66 million years ago. Like the clubmosses (see Plant ...

The author observed the dormancy period of their rabbit's foot fern, during which the fronds naturally dried out. Rabbit's ...

Moving through plant lineages, from spore-bearing lycophytes to ferns to flowering plants, reproduction becomes more and more specialized. Indeed, the flower is often diagrammed as the end goal of ...