Biologists have long thought that seed traits, such as the presence of wings, are the key to predicting in what way, and how ...

Scientists have discovered one of the earliest examples of a winged seed, granting insight into the origin and early evolution of wind dispersal strategies in plants. The study, published today as the ...

Playing an essential foundational role in an ecosystem, plants contribute to the well-being of human health by helping create resources like food and medicine. Therefore, to better understand how ...

Seed dispersal is important to plants. It is the only way many of them spread across the landscape. Vegetation in Lancaster County has several ways of broadcasting seeds - on the wind, on mammal fur, ...

The whirling, winged seeds of today's conifers are an engineering wonder and, as University of California, Berkeley, scientists show, a result of about 270 million years of evolution by trees ...

Have you ever walked outside on a windy day and seen seeds flying through the air? Or picked a dandelion and blew on it and watched the fluffy seeds blow away? These are both examples of how wind ...

Have you ever wandered around your yard and thought to yourself, “How did that plant get there?” It might be the only plant that looks like that in your entire yard. Your neighbors don’t have that ...

Jan. 13 (UPI) --As ecosystems warm or dry out because of climate change, plants and animals are being forced to move in search of friendly conditions. Animals can swim, scamper and fly, but plants are ...

To be a majestic bundle of life and energy like a seed! Swimming through the water, soaring through the air, traveling across the lands ... Wait, what? Motionless is a common way to describe plants.