Squirting cucumbers blast their seeds over distances hundreds of times their length, and now scientists say they have found ...

Sow cucumber seeds at the base of the trellis after the danger of frost has passed. Space them six inches apart on each side, ...

Squirting cucumbers shoot their seeds up to 33 feet (10 m) away from the mother plant to avoid overcrowding and competition, ...

The squirting cucumber shoots its seeds so fast that scientists had to use techniques like high-speed videography to record ...

They filmed the seed dispersal using a high-speed camera, which captured up to 8,600 frames per second. They then measured ...

Squirting cucumber uses high-pressure seed ejection for dispersal, with seeds reaching speeds of 20m/s and landing up to 10m ...

The hairy, ground-hugging vines of the squirting cucumber Ecballium elaterium might seem like an ordinary weedy plant. But ...

SunFed cucumbers, which were sold in Arizona and across the U.S., are being recalled after salmonella cases. Here's what to ...

The mystery surrounding the exact way the squirting cucumber disperses its seeds and how it impacts its ability to reproduce ...

Scientists unveiled the squirting cucumber’s seed dispersal mechanism, involving fluid redistribution and rapid recoil.

"Ballistic seed dispersal" is not something you see often in plants – and for good reason, perhaps, when you see just what the affectionately called squirting cucumber is capable of. Shunning external ...

A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...