In the past few weeks, maple trees have been dropping samaras, or more commonly referred to as “helicopter” seeds in vibrant ...

If you live somewhere with maple trees, you've probably seen their striking helicopter seeds—made up of a seed pod attached to a delicate wing. Maple samaras' unique design and spinning movement ...

Sioux Falls saw a unique sight this Mother’s Day weekend as whirlgigs from Autumn Blaze Maples filled neighborhoods, creating ...

In the interest of planting more trees, Nature designed maple seeds to twirl like one-bladed helicopters as far as the wind could carry them, without much thought to where they land. Steve Jameson ...