Like most tropical houseplants, the bird’s nest fern likes average indoor temperatures between 60 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit.

Where: Plant this perennial fern in a shaded site — light, open, or dappled in rich, well-drained soil. Size: This fern will grow to be 1-foot-6 with a spread of 3 feet in 10 years.

A small, unassuming fern-like plant has something massive lurking within: the largest genome ever discovered, outstripping the human genome by more than 50 times. Study co-author Jaume Pellicer ...