Living inside the fern, the microbes get shelter, and provide the plant with essential nitrogen in return. Lately, scientists have been campaigning to turn the fast-growing Azolla into a food of ...

The Azolla plant, about one to 2cm (0.8 inches) long, with soft green leaves, has emerged as a great alternative livestock feed, cheaper and easier to grow than corn. The 39-year-old Jordanian and ...

What is Azolla: A highly nutritious fern that green mat ducks eat on ponds. It has a species of cyanobacteria living inside the fern that provides the plant with essential nitrogen. What is ...

Palestinian farmer Wael Musalam feeds ducks with Azolla aquatic ferns grown in a greenhouse at his farm in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, on Aug. 6, 2019. Due to high price of animal feed ...

The photo taken on Aug. 6, 2019 shows Azolla aquatic ferns grown in a greenhouse in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia. Due to high price of animal feed in the Gaza Strip caused by Israeli ...