When it comes to seed dispersal, many plants rely on the wind or a person or animal to carry their seeds further. For one cucumber species though, seed dispersal is a bit more explosive.  New ...

Other seeds are dispersed by the wind—such as the "winged" seeds from a maple tree that spin and "helicopter" through the air as they fall or the light feathery seeds from a dandelion that can ...

New research into the biomechanics of explosive seed dispersal in squirting cucumbers (Ecballium elaterium) reveals how these ...

Wind dispersal in plant seeds is a natural mechanism that allows plants to spread their seeds through the air to new areas. This helps reduce competition for resources, increasing the plant's ...

Wind dispersed seeds have special adaptations like hairs, wings, or inflated structures that help them be carried by a breeze more easily. Dandelions, for example, ...

Many factors must interact perfectly to disperse the seeds efficiently without destroying the plant too early.

Figure 1: Seed dispersal simulations of five wind-dispersed tree species around the Duke Forest tower, for 35 days during the autumn of 2000. The above sampling problem could be resolved by ...

That same fascination has motivated researchers in a novel experiment to study how far seeds spread in the wind by using some workaday tools: yarn, fluorescent paint, black lights and computers.

Have you ever walked outside on a windy day and seen seeds flying through the air? Or picked a dandelion and blew on it and watched the fluffy seeds blow away? These are both examples of how wind ...

To better understand early wind dispersal mechanism, Wang and colleagues studied several seed fossils from the Late Devonian, sourced from the Jianchuan mine in Xinhang Town, Anhui Province, China.

Wind dispersal in plant seeds is a natural mechanism that allows plants to spread their seeds through the air to new areas. This helps reduce competition for resources, ...