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 ...

Nature’s Seed Cannon: Meet Sandbox tree who shoots its seeds at 150 mph

Scientists have discovered a tropical “dynamite tree” that explosively launches seeds at 150 mph. The mechanism uses physics, ...

The tree that shoots seeds at 150 mph shows one of nature's fastest plant movements

In tropical forests across Central and South America, a quiet tree hides one of the most violent forms of seed dispersal ...
NPR

Tree seeds that flew around the moon are now being planted across the U.S.

"Moon Trees" are starting to grow on Earth. They got that name because as seeds they spent some time in space. In late 2022, a NASA flight around the moon carried a variety of tree seeds. After their ...
Outdoor Guide on MSN

Growing Your Own Orange Tree From Seed Is Easier Than You Think: Here's How To Get Started

Instead of spitting out orange seeds and discarding them, it's possible to grow your own trees. Germination and planting is ...

The Fast-Growing Tree That Thrives In Cold Climates And Adds A Splash Of Color

It can be a challenge to find a tree that thrives in a cold climate, but it's not impossible. Plant this fast-growing conifer ...
Boston Herald

School plants a ‘Moon Tree’ grown with seeds flown in space

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — To cheers and applause from kids wearing spacesuits and star-studded T-shirts, a tree was planted in California that is out of this world. The so-called “Moon Tree” — grown ...
Mongabay

Tree-planting goals miss the forest for the lack of diverse, good-quality seeds

Ambitious plans by India, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines to restore tens of millions of hectares of degraded land by 2030 could be derailed by a lack of good-quality and genetically diverse ...
WAMC

Tree seeds that flew around the moon are now being planted across the U.S.

Moon trees are landing across the country. That's because a couple of years ago, NASA flew a variety of tree seeds around the moon. Now they're being planted. And as Troy Public Radio's Joey Hudson ...