Meet The Tree That Shoots Its Seeds At 150 MPH — A Biologist Explains

This rainforest tree solved one of evolution’s hardest problems. Here’s how it evolved to use tension and geometry to fire ...
New Atlas

Squirting cucumber's "explosion" of seeds is a natural masterpiece

"Ballistic seed dispersal" is not something you see often in plants – and for good reason, perhaps, when you see just what the affectionately called squirting cucumber is capable of. Shunning external ...
Discover Magazine

Watch These Squirting Cucumbers Shoot Their Seeds Out at 29 Miles Per Hour

Learn more about squirting cucumbers (Ecballium elaterium) and how their seeds explode out of them, which could lead to medical advancements. When it comes to seed dispersal, many plants rely on the ...
TreeHugger

Why Is Seed Dispersal Important for Forest Restoration?

Anna Nordseth is an ecology writer and Duke University Ph.D. candidate specializing in tropical forest ecology, conservation research, and biodiversity. Think plants can’t move? You’re only half right ...
The Conversation

With fewer animals to spread their seeds, plants could have trouble adapting to climate change

Evan Fricke receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Alejandro Ordonez receives funding from the Aarhus University Research Fund. Haldre Rogers receives funding from the US National ...