New Haven Register

Miraculously, a precious few pine cone seeds actually don't get eaten

Up above, trees are gloriously busy right now, their leaves a radiant green in the sunshine. They're gleefully photosynthesizing with all their might, but that's not all that those trees are doing.
Daily Mail

First fossilized evidence of a pine cone sprouting seeds in a rare botanical process usually seen in fruit is found in 40-million-year-old amber

A pine cone encased in amber for 40 million years is the first evidence of a rare botanical condition that has only been observed one other time in the conifer in 1965. The frozen scene shows the pine ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

The Outside Story: Pine cones: The complicated lives of conifer seeds

MY YARD IS FULL of eastern white pine trees, and every three years or so, it is full of pine cones. This is one of those years. Pine cones have fallen all over the yard, the sidewalk, the driveway.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

ANCIENT SEEDS MAY SPROUT NEW LIFE :ARCHAEOLOGIST HOPES TO GERMINATE 50,000-YEAR-OLD PINE CONES FROM BODEGA HEAD

Spruce pine cones dating back 50,000 years and found in a grayish clay wall at a beach on Bodega Head may be used to sprout a new tree. It may sound a bit like ”Jurassic Park,” but getting ancient ...
The Weather Network on MSN

True or false? The higher the pine cones, the harsher the winter

The higher the pine cones, the harsher the winter. Have you ever heard this weather lore before? According to the lore, when trees sense a brutal winter coming, they grow their cones higher up. Why?
The Gazette

Pine cones aren't just decoration. They're tools trees use to survive.

One of the simplest examples of how plants adapt to ensure that their species survives is found in pine cones. Evergreen trees that produce cones are called conifers. There are more than 600 species ...
Good Good Good on MSN

Volunteer pine cone collectors help regenerate forests after fires wipe out vegetation

As Brian Kittler, chief program officer for the Resilient Forests program at the nonprofit American Forests, told CBS News, ...
The Denver Post

“Pine Cone Lady” plants seeds of curiosity in kids

FORT COLLINS — Beanie Babies and Pokemon cards were all the rage among trading types in the 1990s. Today, another hot commodity has fallen quiet and out of the sight of most: pine cones. That’s right, ...
KTVZ

OSU study yields a first in fossil research: Seeds sprouting from an amber-encased pine cone

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University research has uncovered the first fossil evidence of a rare botanical condition known as precocious germination in which seeds sprout before leaving the ...
Purdue University

South Bend Tribune – Michiana pine trees are loaded with cones that will soon hit the ground. Here’s why.

South Bend Tribune: Look up the next time you pass a pine tree in Michiana — chances are it’s loaded with cones. Conditions this season are ripe for an abundance of these woody reproductive organs of ...
The Denver Post

Fire-ravaged forests get help from pine cone collectors

ALONG THE BURNT MESA TRAIL, N.M. — With snow ready to fall, the scramble was on to collect as many ponderosa pine cones as possible. A crew outfitted with spurs, ropes and hard hats scaled hefty tree ...
CNN

Amber captures rare plant behavior in an ancient, extinct pine cone

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The first fossil ...