Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Olga Rolenko / Moment via Getty Images Ferns are among the oldest living plants, with fossil records dating back 383 to 393 ...

Imagine a photograph of your great-grandparents, grandparents and parents side by side. You’d see a resemblance, but each generation would look distinct from its predecessors. This is the process of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unfurling fiddlehead of the Christmas fern (_Polystichum acrostichoides_). Jacob S. Suissa, CC BY-ND Imagine a photograph of your ...

Some ferns can be fussy to grow indoors and tend to drop fronds constantly (we’re looking at you, Boston fern!), but the bird ...

Humans aren't the only things that prefer shade during summertime heat. So do ferns, and these woodland wonders are among the oldest plants on the planet. Dinner for dinos: Some 360 million years ago, ...

Growing ferns in containers opens up many possibilities for enjoying decorative, almost prehistoric, foliage and a woodland-style aesthetic in smaller gardens and spaces where planting into the ground ...

"Nature made ferns for pure leaves," wrote Henry David Thoreau. Given the right conditions, ferns will thrive and create the feeling of a woodland garden or glen in your back yard. Happiest in ...

Almost every garden has a shady area that influences the kinds of plants that will grow there. Many people consider these areas a problem, but they actually provide the opportunity to grow an ...

The first thing you notice when you enter Wesley and Gay Gladhart's Metairie backyard is the color. Green. It's everywhere. Then your eye adjusts to the soft, shade-dappled sunlight filtering through ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Some ferns can be fussy to grow indoors and tend to drop fronds constantly (we’re looking at you, Boston ...