An empirical exercise to gain a deeper understanding of the status of the world's cycad genera has concluded. The approach uncovered 337 cycad entries into The Red List, and the taxonomic validity of ...

A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...

The white cycad aulacaspis scale infests cycad leaves to cause early leaf death. A new study has shown that the infestations also increase the speed of leaf litter decomposition. A study published in ...

Cycads been around since before the age of the dinosaurs. Cycads living today have large, heavy seeds that suggests they rely on large fruit-eating animals to disperse their seeds. Yet there is little ...

An ancient lineage of plants that resembles palm trees and are known as cycads once flourished on the Earth. Their descendants of these ancient plants were thought to be "living fossils" that were ...

Collective research to date regarding nutrients found in the leaves of contemporary cycad species has been inconsistent as far as data collection and narrow in scope, according to a University of Guam ...

WOOD’S CYCAD is a striking plant, tall with a shaggy green crown and bright orange cones. But despite its good looks, it will never find a mate. “The loneliest plant in the world, right here,” a guide ...

In lab experiments and field studies, the team tracked the beetles with fluorescent dyes as they moved from cone to cone.

If we don't change the way we care for the dying native fadang, or Cycas micronesica, the plant could be extinct in the wild by 2030, according to a University of Guam plant physiologist and professor ...

University of Guam research has revealed that younger cycad seeds pose a greater risk for toxicity when consumed than more mature seeds, bringing the scientific community one step closer to ...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Spatiotemporal features of microsporogenesis may provide important clues about the evolution of microsporogenesis in seed plants. One cellular feature that attracts special ...

Medical scientists from various institutes have identified BMAA, a potential neurotoxin, in several species of the Cycad plant found in the forests of Odisha, according to a statement issued by AIIMS ...