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

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 ...

The flowers are easy to tell apart - the female flower has a swelling beneath it that will become a cucumber. Alternatively, choose all female flower varieties. Cucumbers must be kept moist ...

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

"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 ...

Scientists from the University of Manchester have uncovered the secrets behind one of nature’s quirkiest plants - the ...

Blink and you might miss how quickly this squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium) ejects its seeds. The mechanics behind ...

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

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

Scientists from the University of Manchester have uncovered the secrets behind one of nature's quirkiest plants - the ...

The squirting cucumber, known scientifically as Ecballium elaterium, owes its name to its unique seed dispersal method. ...