Single-use, disposable UAVs with built-in avionics systems developed at the University of Queensland in Australia could soon be saving lives in bushfire season. One is basically a high-tech paper ...

Maple seeds are familiar for their two small "wings" that allow them to spiral downward and float on the breeze; that's why they are also called whirlibirds or helicopters.

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, or more ...

I took this image of ‘A Flight of Migrating Maple Seeds’ with a Nikon D600 camera body with a 24-70mm f/2.8 lens and converted it to B&W in Nik Silver Efex Pro.” ...

Using red maple trees as an example, Johnson said some years they will have 20% female flowers, the part that pollinates and creates seeds. In other years, the same tree might produce 60% female ...

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 ...

1 / 2: The "helicopter" blades of maple seeds, called samaras, protrude from a lawn. John Molseed / jmolseed@postbulletin 2 / 2: Maple seedling grow through gaps in pavement.

In nature, maple disperse to new growth sites with the help of flying wings in their samara, or dry fruit. The wings help the seed to rotate as it falls, allowing it to glide in a gentle breeze.