Find a reference to duckweed dated earlier than last year, and you're likely to be seeing complaints about the tiny aquatic plant. Like invasive water hyacinth and other floating plant species ...

Five grab lorries were needed to remove a "carpet" of 80 tonnes of duckweed from a canal. Stourport Basin in Worcester was turned fluorescent green by the tiny, free-floating aquatic plant, and ...

Siena University scientists are coming to the rescue of a forgotten lake that has been hard-hit by suburban development.

Duckweed on a pond helps prevent algae that causes bad-tasting water. It also reduces water evaporation out of ponds helping to conserve water. But it can also reduce oxygen in the water that fish ...

Some duckweed species have no tiny rootlets, while others have more. Based on the number of rootlets we have on our duckweed at Stillman Nature Center, it is greater duckweed, a classic oxymoron ...

Duckweed is a small floating plant that grows on the surface of ponds. It is commonly eaten in Asia but is mostly considered a pest plant in the U.S. as it can quickly take over ponds. But ...

Mike Smith shows off duckweed in his lab in Mays Landing. Ceres Energy Group thinks they have something revolutionary on their hands: A plan to create energy through biomass production, using one ...

Duckweed is already grown for many uses on Earth, and duckweed salad might be a high-protein staple in the diets of many future space explorers. But this work is also proof that win-win solutions to ...

Duckweed can be easily grown in aquaponic systems to provide food for commercially-produced fish, pigs, chickens and, obviously, ducks. There is even a duckweed genome project!

Duckweed, which looks like a miniature lily pad, connects nicely with my favorite riddle about exponential growth: There is a pond in France in which water lilies grow. The lilies double in size ...

U.S. scientists say duckweed -- a tiny aquatic plant -- can help clean up animal waste at industrial hog farms and may held solve the global energy crisis.