Farm strawberry-picking gives a friendly reminder that nature’s wild fruit will begin soon. Most raspberries, blackberries ...

The stroll was peaceful and the birds were singing.

Keywords gymnosperms, conifers, reproduction, pollen cones, seed cones, North America, ecological importance, timber, bristlecone pine, ginkgo, ephedra More for You Pope Francis, the first pontiff ...

Red cedars are dioecious, and separate individuals produce either pollen or seed cones. The pollen cones develop on the terminal branch tips and are golden-brown when mature. Mature seed cones are ...

To recap, in these majority cases, the stamens present in male cones or flowers produce pollen grains that carry male sex cells (sperm) to the female organs. These are the ovules, sort of boxes ...

The Texas A&M Forest Service is warning Texans of the upcoming cedar fever season, an allergic reaction to pollen released by mountain cedar trees. According to the forest service, the Texas Hill ...

Stone Age people once occupied a cave called Grotte des Pigeons near Taforalt in the mountains of east Morocco. An ancient burial pit in the cave contains seed cones from the plant Ephedra, a ...

If cones are curved, like a banana, that indicates insect infestation. If they’re too green, the hardened case won’t open. If they’re too old, seeds have already scattered over the forest floor.

Kernel of truth: pollen cone stuck in paint reveals where Van Gogh’s Irises grew. His purple flowers have now faded to blue, as revealed during research for a Getty exhibition in October.