Happy Monday to this gigantic fern that has taken over a Twitter user’s house, and to this gigantic fern ONLY. Riley (@riley909090) took to Twitter to share a series of images of what was described as ...

We collected the entire fauna (arthropods, gastropods, annelids, amphibians, reptiles and mammals) from 35 ferns of a range of sizes (1–200 kg fresh weight) and vertical heights (2–52 m) from 7 ha of ...

Ferns are notorious for containing massive amounts of DNA and an excessively large number of chromosomes. Defying all expectations, a fern no larger than a dinner plate currently holds the title for ...

Scientists have sequenced complete fern genomes for the first time, to learn why the plants have twice as much DNA as humans. By Oliver Whang Humans, like many complex organisms, have large genomes, ...

There are few forms of the botanical world as readily identifiable as fern leaves. These often large, lacy fronds lend themselves nicely to watercolor paintings and tricep tattoos alike. Thoreau said ...

Scientists in Nova Scotia hope a huge fossil find will reveal more about the evolution of plants. The 300-million-year-old rock may contain one of the largest ever tree fern fossils found in Canada, ...

It seems like just a few weeks ago that I was out in the swamp taking artsy photos of fiddleheads unfurling. Now, when I muck around down there, I'm wading hip-deep through cinnamon ferns. Cinnamon ...