Discover the fascinating science behind tomato seed germination with Mark from Self Sufficient Me! In this video, Mark shares why tomato seeds don't sprout inside ripe fruit, highlighting the special ...

The world’s tropical forests are threatened by deforestation due to agricultural, industrial and urban expansion; as well as by drought, fire, and disease, all worsened by climate change. Human ...

A striking video of the rainforest vine Alsomitra macrocarpa is giving people a fresh reason to stop scrolling and pay ...

The apple might not fall far from the tree, but new research shows that how it falls might be what is most important in determining tree distribution across a forest. This study of the seed dispersal ...

Seed dispersal is fundamental to the structure and resilience of tropical forests, underpinning regeneration, gene flow and ecosystem function. In these ecosystems, more than two thirds of woody plant ...

Despite the bad rap snakes often get, they are more central to ecology than most people realize. New research reveals that snakes might even play a key role in dispersing plant seeds. It's long been ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Without seed dispersal plants could not survive. Seed dispersal—i.e. birds spreading seeds or wind carrying seeds—means the mechanism by which a ...

Seed dispersal is important to plants. It is the only way many of them spread across the landscape. Vegetation in Lancaster County has several ways of broadcasting seeds - on the wind, on mammal fur, ...

Most plants have strategies to disperse their seeds which ensure that they germinate away from the parent plant. Seed dispersal is important as most plants have little or no mobility and thus would ...

Large animals, such as elephants, play a vital role in a region's seed dispersal network, the team says Drivers of biodiversity loss, such as habitat fragmentation and climate change, are threatening ...