As a kid, I remember watching time-lapse videos of a flower blooming or of the sun racing across the sky. Of course, things don't happen that way in nature with one possible exception: sprouting, ...

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Gadshill: "We have the receipt of fern-seed, we walk invisible." Chamberlain. “Now, by my faith, I think you are more beholding to the night than to fern-seed for your walking invisible. Shakespeare, ...

Hawaiian gardens have long been famous for their vast array of orchids. We commonly see epiphytic types growing on hapu’u, tree branches and even rocky, soilless areas. In the last decade, other ...

Myanmar forests are rich in ferns, but we were surprised to see staghorn ferns as well. Hawaiian gardens have long been famous for their vast array of orchids and other showy flowering plants. Ferns, ...

Well, ferns don't make seeds. Do they? Back in the Middle Ages, and well into the 16th Century, there was considerable confusion regarding the way plants worked, along with just about everything else.

It’s a fern, of course. This one is quite common in the Southeast, stretching north into the Ohio River Valley and New England and west to eastern Texas. Southern grape-fern, Sceptridium biternatum, ...

Gadshill: "We have the receipt of fern-seed, we walk invisible." Chamberlain: “Now, by my faith, I think you are more beholding to the night than to fern-seed for your walking invisible. — Shakespeare ...

The late-July rain has brought much-needed moisture to our region and returned the woods to a panorama of lush textures and colors. Some of the main contributors to this array of verdant frilliness ...

The New Year is a great time to go for a walk in a natural area near you– the Wissahickon, Andorra Meadow, the Schuylkill Center, anywhere. The walk likely helps you meet one of your resolutions– yes, ...