In female cones, the emission of 1,3-octadiene peaked at milder, attractive levels that beckoned pollen-bearing weevils fleeing the male cones. Salzman suspects that the cycads’ heat may do more ...

Cycad plants make cones that bear either pollen or eggs; these male or female cones always grow on different plants. Salzman, who specializes in cycads, ...

Knowable Magazine reports on how harnessing the heater to attract pollinators may have first happened more than 300 million ...

Cycads are similarly found growing in poor soils and arid conditions. They have long, glossy leaves up to about 1.5 metres in length with lots of leaflets. There are both male and female plants.

Project leader Laura Cinti visited the Wood's cycad at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London. C-LAB. The world’s loneliest plant could soon be a little less lonely—and possibly even find a ...

Cycads, a primitive type of seed plant, first emerged around 300 million years ago, before dinosaurs roamed Earth. In cycads, male and female reproductive structures — called cones — are ...

Cycads are gymnosperms, a group that includes conifers and ginkgos. Unlike flowering plants (angiosperms), cycads reproduce using cones. It is impossible to tell male and female apart until they ...

Cycads are gymnosperms, a group that includes conifers and ginkgos. Unlike flowering plants (angiosperms), cycads reproduce using cones. It is impossible to tell male and female apart until they ...

Cycads are gymnosperms, a group that includes conifers and ginkgos. Unlike flowering plants (angiosperms), cycads reproduce using cones. It is impossible to tell male and female apart until they ...