Knowing the best fern varieties for shade can completely transform the trickiest areas of your yard, from barren to lush and vibrant. Incredibly versatile, tough and needing little upkeep, they ...

The brown infertile fronds grow outside the green ones and are short, flat, and round. If it's drama you want, then an ...

With their soft unfurling fronds, ferns are fabulous. In fact, we love them so much, we’ve filled our new Evolution Garden with them. But how much do you know about one of the earliest plants to ...

What are the Delta Ponds red? A Eugene ecologist explains the Azolla aquatic fern and how it tints local waterways.

This story appears in the October 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. We have all held leaves, driven miles to see their fall colors, eaten them, raked them, sought their shade.

Ads of 5-by-0.92 inches (12.7-by-2.3 centimeters) will be on each side of every helmet featuring “STRAUSS” in capital letters in white alongside the company’s ostrich logo silhouetted by a ...

During the spring and summer the leaves have served as factories where most of the foods necessary for the tree's growth are manufactured. This food-making process takes place in the leaf in numerous ...

Keeping these delicate plants happy can be pretty tricky. Here’s how to give your asparagus fern everything it needs to thrive. Asparagus ferns may be best known for their airy, delicate foliage ...

Ferns may also regenerate through vegetative reproduction when the rhizomes or rootstock branches into new colonies of ferns.

The operator of the popular “gyudon” beef bowl chain announced on Aug. 28 that it has begun offering an ostrich rice bowl. Ostrich is known for its high-protein, low-fat and low-calorie meat.