Researchers at Portland State University said Wednesday they have discovered how mosses can use chemical cues to recruit small creatures to help with fertilization, through a process similar to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Premise of research. If sexual reproduction is necessary for maintaining genotypic diversity, then plant populations lacking sex might be ...

Mosses aren't known for their distinct smell like flowers. But new research shows mosses attract microscopic creatures to help with fertilization using the same trick as their more fragrant relatives.

Glutamate receptors play a central role in the human nervous system. Scientists estimate 90 percent of the human brain's synapses, or connections between neurons, send signals using glutamate. The ...

After more than a century of speculation by biologists, a lab test has shown that mosses have their own animal-courier system for sperm that’s similar to pollination, researchers say. Mosses don’t ...

QUESTION: How do seedless plants reproduce? ANSWER: Scientists estimate that there are approximately 400,000 species of plants on Earth. It is no surprise that there are many forms of plant ...

Not everyone has room for a redwood. But there are even more ancient plants that fit into the smallest garden spaces, thriving underfoot: mosses. Obscure as they are common, these organisms reward a ...

On a recent walk near Echo Cove, I noticed a lovely patch of a club moss sporting dozens of erect spore-bearing “cones.” We have several types of club moss here, but the only one I recognize (so far) ...

It’s not Armageddon, just moss reproduction. On sunny days, scientists now realize, mushroom-shaped clouds routinely explode out of beds of sphagnum moss. Researchers captured the very tiny, very fast ...