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

Whether you know them as samara seeds, maple seeds, or helicopter seeds, most of us know the seeds that spin down to the ground on one or two blades. They have been served as the inspiration for ...

In the interest of planting more trees, Nature designed maple seeds to twirl like one-bladed helicopters as far as the wind could carry them, without much thought to where they land. Steve Jameson ...

Maple fruits, sycamore Water Some plants grow near rivers, lakes, streams or oceans. Their fruits or seeds fall from the plant and are carried away by the water. Coconut, silver birch, willow ...

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 high-speed raindrops only ...