Those rows of orange cluster under a fern leaf are spores waiting to be catapulted away.

New evidence suggests that the fern leaf tea was used to treat ailments such as dandruff, alopecia and kidney stones during medieval times. Archaeologists uncovered the body of a male dating back ...

In a new study in the Journal of Biogeography an international team of researchers led by Harvard University assembled one of the largest global assessment of fern diversity. The study integrated ...

Vintage has revealed its new imprint, Fern Press, to be led by publishing director Michal Shavit. Fern Press is described as “a dynamic international community and space for those working at the ...

Fern-leaf peonies, with their feathery foliage and deep red flowers, are among the rarest peonies. The reason why there’s a patch of them growing at the Lititz Historical Foundation’s museum ...

This shade loving fern has bold and bright matte-green leaves that give a fresh look throughout the spring and summer.

The root formation observed in the fern, called Cyathea rojasiana, is a different process from propagation through leaf cuttings, says tropical forest ecologist James Dalling of the University of ...

It started with 10,000, and now we’re down to four flags in the competition to replace New Zealand’s national national emblem.

University of Massachusetts Press will launch a new imprint, Bright Leaf: Books that Illuminate. Focused on subjects related to New England and written for a general audience, the books will range ...

The remains of a medieval skeleton has shown the first physical evidence that a fern plant could have been used for medicinal purposes in cases such as alopecia, dandruff and kidney stones.