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 ...

Most of Nagalingum’s recent research focuses on cycads, palm-like plants with stout trunks and a crown of stiff, hard leaves. Cycads are believed to be as old (or even older) than dinosaurs. Of the ...

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 ...

A 200-million-year-old cycad species that coexisted with dinosaurs and still survives has been discovered in the Amazon.

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 ...

When plant species are threatened to the point that they reach a designation of Critically Endangered, sustaining an understanding of threats requires repeated site visits by knowledgeable biologists ...

As traditional print journals merge with contemporary web-based journals, publishing scientists find themselves in a rapidly evolving transition. In order to understand how these changes in publishing ...

Findings show that cycad plants, like other plant species, utilize kin recognition. When planted with non-relatives, Cycas micronesica exhibit competitive growing traits. The global population of ...

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 ...

Research on cycad trees in Colombia, Guam, and the Philippines has illuminated how knowledge of their branching behavior may benefit conservation decisions for the endangered plants. In a study ...

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 ...

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 ...