Who would have thought that venture capital just needed a little help from its friends in philanthropy to get its mojo back. For much of the past decade, the lion’s share of venture funding has gone ...

Like a priceless painting, the beautiful blue and green swirl in a lake or pond presents a look-don’t-touch kind of situation. It’s the work of proliferating cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green ...

As the cost of animal feeds continues to rise in Uganda, many farmers are searching for affordable and sustainable alternatives to feed their livestock. One solution that is gradually attracting ...

If you ever watch a duck float across a pond, gobbling up the vegetation coating the surface, that bird is way ahead of its time. The buoyant greenery is azolla, a tiny fern that grows like crazy, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. With each fern no wider than an inch, mosquito ferns turned ...

FIFTY million years ago the Earth was overheated by greenhouse gases and the future of life seemed bleak. But a little green fern saved the day. Can it do it again? Behind the shift which created the ...

Al-Mafraq, Jordan – Inside a greenhouse in al-Makeefta village in northern Jordan, Iman al-Athemat stood holding a spaghetti strainer she uses to harvest Azolla growing on the surface of pools. The ...

RED DEER, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Azolla Hydrogen Ltd. President and CEO Jared Sayers is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement with California State ...