Cycads been around since before the age of the dinosaurs. Cycads living today have large, heavy seeds that suggests they rely on large fruit-eating animals to disperse their seeds. Yet there is little ...

At first glance, a cycad plant - a "sago palm"- could pass for a true palm, with its single cylindrical trunk topped by a cluster of fronds. Palms and cycads are sold side by side in specialized ...

James Clugston was on the hunt for a type of tarantula called a "baboon spider" in South Africa when something else grabbed his attention. "This one plant stood out to me … it's blue, but it's super, ...