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Whether you love the laciness of some ferns, how some blanket yards as natural ground cover, fill shady areas or bring a sense of the wild into your garden, ferns make a fabulous landscaping choice.

Sign up to the special Beating Around the Bush newsletter here. Australia is classified as “megadiverse” meaning it’s a global hotspot for plant and animal ...

A chance find in a colonial newspaper from 1843 has us very excited: have we discovered evidence of Australia’s earliest cookbook? Until now The English and Australian Cookery Book: Cookery for the ...

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, ...

There is something otherworldly about ferns. Their fronds suggest feathers and wings, and so when looking at them you may think of taking flight, most likely into the pre-historic past when they ...