When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air – and can even spin when it’s raining. Impacts by high-speed raindrops only ...

These 22 plants found in Colorado are toxic to dogs and cats Veterinarian Stacy Meola found a pod and seeds in Murphy’s system and quickly identified them as coming from a Kentucky coffeetree.

Plants growing near a river may use the flowing water to transport their seeds. Some seed pods are designed to explode and throw the seeds a good distance from the parent plant. Many plants also ...