Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. With each fern no wider than an inch, mosquito ferns turned ...

Cultures of Azolla caroliniana Willd. free of the symbiotic blue-green alga, Anabaena azollae, were obtained by treatment of Azolla fronds with a regimen of antibiotics. These symbiont-free plants can ...

The American Fern Journal, a quarterly, international, scholarly journal that includes research papers on all aspects relating to ferns and related plants, has been published since 1910. Those ...

Native to the eastern U.S., Carolina azolla holds excellent potential for use as a fast-growing, short-season crop that requires minimal inputs, upkeep and processing, according to Penn State ...

For awhile, it looked as if water in the Cub Run — and even the Occoquan — might be in jeopardy from a strange, red plant that suddenly covered a pond in Centreville. Named azolla caroliniana the ...

Azolla fertilizer at Wangari Kuria's farm can be used as a protein nutrient in farm animals such as chicken and cattle and also can be used in crop farming. [David Gichuru, Standard] The soaring ...

Homo sapiens is apparently not the only species to have single-handedly changed Earth’s climate. That dubious distinction is shared with Azolla, a diminutive floating fern sometimes called water ...

An often-overlooked water plant that can double its biomass in two days, capture nitrogen from the air—making it a valuable green fertilizer—and be fed to poultry and livestock could serve as ...