After a forest fire, land managers can speed up vegetation’s recovery by reseeding the crisped land, often from planes or helicopters. But success is uncertain. Birds eat the seeds, or they might not germinate if the soil is too hard. Now, researchers have designed a lightweight wooden carrier that corkscrews the seeds securely into the ground, improving the odds for the landscape’s rehabilitation. Their work is inspired by the stork’s bill geranium, whose seeds pop out of their pods, fly throug

Forest fires are burning twice as much tree cover as 20 years ago