There are approximately 12,000 fern species growing worldwide, most of them found in forests, woodlands or tropical regions.

Ferns are among the oldest living plants, with fossil records dating back 383 to 393 million years ago. These plants are ...

Researchers from Lund University and the Swedish Museum of Natural History have made a unique discovery in a well-preserved fern that lived 180 million years ago. Both undestroyed cell nuclei and ...