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Many resembled ferns more than modern animals and appear to have lacked mouths, organs, and the ability to move.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Early signs such as mosses, lichens and ferns growing on existing trees was a "really good indicator" of suitability, he added.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

To make this photo I crawled into a thicket of ferns at the Sunset Marquis Hotel.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

We see a wood-burning stove, framed drawings of ferns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

A cluster of ferns shook and the ground bulged up and chunks of dirt tumbled aside, and there, standing in front of the goose, was a robot.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown