They diversified into many of the modern fern families and species during the “great fern radiation” of the Cretaceous period, from 145 to 66 million years ago. Like the clubmosses (see Plant ...

Forget birdwatching, fern foraging hikes are the new hot trend in nature exploration! These so-called Pteridomania (fern ...

Ferns make for an excellent ground cover, and though they're overall low-maintenance, avoiding these gardening mistakes will really allow them to thrive.

“We see very few conifers or angiosperms or anything like that,” she adds, leading researchers to dub the layer the fern spike. Ferns aren’t any better preserved in the fossil record than other types ...

Ferns have a brilliant way of reproducing. They don’t produce seeds like flowering plants, but instead grow a completely new, independent plant called a gametophyte. If you look on the underside of ...

As an avid gardener, I understand the frustration of seeing your garden lose its charm during winter. It's such a bummer when your hard work seems to disappear under a blanket of snow and ice. But ...

Keeping these delicate plants happy can be pretty tricky ... The key, then, is knowing exactly what asparagus ferns like when it comes to water, light and humidity. And that’s where this ...

My blue star fern sits on an old schoolhouse desk beside my couch. I guess I have had it for three or four years now. It is one of those ...