Chris Haufler is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas. He researches plant biology, including the genetics of ferns. (AP PHOTO/Sara Shepherd/Lawrence ...

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All plants have seeds, right? People in Shakespearian England thought so; wondering why nobody could ever find fern seeds. Surely, ferns must have seeds, therefore they must be invisible — and if you ...

Humans have it easy. For ferns, reproduction is much more involved. In many animals, the sex of offspring is, biologically speaking, decided between the parents. But for Japanese climbing ferns ...

Akron, Ohio | Dennis Kuntz’s garden is about as close to foolproof as you can get. Kuntz grows hardy ferns on his family’s property in Green, Ohio. They require little care, other than a little ...