Photograph by Marie Viljoen, from Seeds are masters of engineering when it comes to dispersal. Milkweed seeds fly on the barest of breezes. Velcro was inspired by burdock burrs. And a personal ...

Learn more about squirting cucumbers (Ecballium elaterium) and how their seeds explode out of them, which could lead to ...

Conspiracy theorists have blamed the devastating flash floods in Texas on cloud seeding, a technique used to chemically induce rainfall. Scientists have dismissed the theories as baseless. A DW Fact ...

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

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

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

ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS A preliminary investigation of pre-dispersal seed predation by Acanthoscelides schrankiae Horn (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) in Mimosa bimucronata (DC.) Kuntze Trees ...

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