When wind or other disturbances detach winged ... design and spinning movement can teach physicists like me about seed dispersal patterns and even engineering new types of flying vehicles.

Plants in the wild have many different ways of scattering their seeds, this is called ‘Dispersal’. The wind disperses lots of seeds that are light or can catch the breeze. But only some find a ...

It discusses how humans collect seeds for agriculture, while also examining natural dispersal mechanisms such as wind, water, and animal transport. The film illustrates how seeds of different ...

Plants use toxic chemicals to protect themselves from insects, herbivores, and pathogens. But they also need to attract ...