White, 95, started volunteering at the herbarium after she retired from her job as a chemistry lab technician. Now, a newly ...

Polystichum hildae, a holly fern discovered in Columbia, is named after a 95-year-old longtime volunteer at UVM. Here's why.

Boston ferns are low-maintenance plants. They only need a little pruning to look healthy and maintain their natural shape, ...

The Van Eck Forest in northwestern California is home to iconic coast redwood trees, which store more above-ground carbon per ...

Jacob S. Suissa receives funding from The National Science Foundation. He is affiliated with Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and Let's Botanize Inc. There are few forms of the botanical world ...

The fern Tmesipteris oblanceolata, which scientists just discovered has the longest known genome of any organism. Ferns are known among scientists for having particularly large genomes. Pol Fernandez ...

"On my birthday, my 95th birthday ... they named a plant after me, and I was blown away, it's a big honor," said Hilda White.

The rare fern is found on the Pacific island territory of New Caledonia A fern has entered the record books for having more DNA than any other living thing. The plant’s genetic material, or genome, ...