Maple samaras represent just one way that seeds use the wind to disperse farther. A dandelion’s parachute-like float relies ...

Why are some maple trees not dropping seeds? Good Question. Towering high above Nancy Thue's house is a massive maple tree that creates an annual annoyance for the retired teacher. "Every school ...

Some words may be mispronounced. Seeds, samaras, helicopters: Whatever you call maple seeds, there is a bumper crop this spring in Iowa. Iowa’s silver maples and silver maple hybrids produced a ...

Light-controlled artificial maple seeds could monitor the environment even in hard-to-reach locations. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 06 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – You may have noticed something different about the maple tree seeds this year: they’re pink. In the past few weeks, maple trees have been dropping samaras ...

You may have noticed lots of those helicopter maple tree seeds filling up rain gutters or piling up on the sidewalk this year. State Forester Tivon Feeley says the large amount of seeds created a ...

Researchers from Tampere University, Finland, and the University of Pittsburgh, USA, have developed a tiny robot replicating the aerial dance of falling maple seeds. In the future, this robot could be ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...

Andrew Dickerson receives funding from the National Science Foundation. When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air ...