Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A still showing the jet ejected from a squirting cucumber, which carries its seeds distances of up to 32 feet away from the mother ...

Don't be disappointed if all the fluffy seeds of a dandelion don't fly away with a single blow. The gust of wind from your lungs may be strong, but the dandelion's natural desire to control how its ...

A natural experiment created by an active volcano gives new insight into the long-term negative impacts of human colonisation of tropical forest islands. The findings are published in the British ...

Child's keen observation: Hugo Deans spotted oak galls near an ant nest, sparking research into a hidden ecological interaction. Wasp mimicry revealed: Researchers found gall caps mimic seed ...

Picture a mature, broad-branched tree like an oak, maple or fig. How does it reproduce so that its offspring don’t grow up in its shadow, fighting for light? The answer is seed dispersal. Plants have ...

You might not be able to tell today, but the land around Santa Clara University was once marked by sprawling orchards and farms nestled between rolling hills and forested mountains. Growing up, Justen ...