Winds, flying animals, or water currents are some of the most successful agents of long-distance passive dispersal. Seeds and fruits that have wings, hairs, or inflated processes are carried ...

this is called ‘Dispersal’. The wind disperses lots of seeds that are light or can catch the breeze. But only some find a good spot to germinate. Some plants use water to disperse seeds that ...

Scientists have discovered one of the earliest examples of a winged seed, gaining insight into the origin and early evolution ...

An important United Nations meeting on biodiversity this week could hold a key to protecting nature's richness across the ...

Europe is facing a seed dispersal “crisis,” due to extinction threats and population changes among the animals that do the seed dispersing, according to a new synthesis by Sara Beatriz Mendes and ...

In our region there are a few fully parasitic plants, totally dependent on other plants for carbon, water, and nutrients.

PONTEDERIA crassipes, commonly known as water hyacinth, might be admired for its striking purple flowers, but it is also one of the most aggressive and problematic invasive plants globally.

Cloquet Middle School seventh graders got a hands-on lesson about trees last week, venturing into the school forest with ...

such as water transport. To better understand early wind dispersal mechanism, Wang and colleagues studied several seed fossils from the Late Devonian, sourced from the Jianchuan mine in Xinhang ...