Paleobotanist Az Klymiuk didn't set out to upend science's understanding of the fossil record of plant-fungal associations. She just wanted to figure out the environment that some fossil plants lived ...

Cattails have been described as the grocery store of the wild because every part of the plant is edible. During the growing season, three of these parts -- shoots, flowers and pollen -- provide easily ...

If you dare, take a peek at the reality TV test of human survival skills on "Naked And Afraid." On each show a man and a woman must greet each other buck naked to begin their 21 day struggle to stay ...

When we hear the word pollen, many of us — including me — think of that nasty, airborne stuff produced by plants that causes itchy eyes, runny nose and repetitive sneezing. I suffer from seasonal ...

In March I wrote about exploring three beaver ponds at my grandparent’s old farm property in New Hampshire. With the late winter ground and water still frozen it was easy for me to explore the edges ...

Some fossil plants that lived in wetlands had fungi living in their roots, and others don't. To understand why, scientists waded into modern wetlands and yanked up cattails to study the fungi living ...