Research by Assistant Professor Jacob S. Suissa at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is revealing complexity in how ferns have evolved. Instead of the vascular structure inside fern stems ...

"The second printing of this book has permitted a few emendations in the keys and correction of some typographical errors, incorrect references, and incorrect names, notably Polystichum lachenense for ...

Imagine a photograph of your great-grandparents, grandparents and parents side by side. You’d see a resemblance, but each generation would look distinct from its predecessors. This is the process of ...

A genome study explains why the invasive water fern Salvinia molesta spreads so fast, offering new hope for its control.

On a beautiful Saturday morning in early June, I volunteered at Wilson’s Farm in Brighton Township for an environmental field study to learn the language of ferns. Though I often noticed copious ...