The Azolla plants saw to that, eliminating their own habitat when they transformed the global climate (humans, take note). As a stand-in, plant geneticist Martienssen has set his sights on duckweed, ...

A RECENT study by researchers from the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) revealed that growing azolla with rice can minimize the damage caused by golden apple snail (GAS) to the crop. Lead ...

The name duckweed can conjure up different images in my mind. It could be a plant shaped like a duck, that floats like a duck, grows where ducks live, or serves as duck food. The group of plants ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The once-mysterious green “scum” that was first reported to be floating through Portland on the Willamette River earlier is still lingering in the area. However, local experts ...

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 ...

The aquatic term, 'azolla' together with the blue-green algae (anabaena azollae) provides a symbiotic association that can fix agronomically significant amounts of nitrogen (N). The usefulness of ...

Like clockwork, Sonoma County residents received warnings this summer about toxic algae blooms cropping up in laced mats along the Russian River. “Where is it?” “Is my dog going to die? What do I do ...