Penn State Extension will offer the “Arborist Short Course,” a series of 10 webinars intended to strengthen arborist skills with training in tree biology, care and risk management while preparing ...

New insights into tree biology may be the start of a revolution in the maple syrup industry. At first, University of Vermont researchers Tim Perkins and Abby van den Berg were just trying to learn ...

Tree thinking is a pedagogical approach that emphasises the interpretation and construction of phylogenetic trees to elucidate evolutionary relationships. In the context of evolutionary biology ...

It has been well over a month since Hurricane Sandy, and we still hear the buzzing roars of chain-saws in backyards, along streets and utility right-of-ways. Massive uprooted trees, heavy fallen limbs ...

Detailed, accurate evolutionary trees that reveal the relatedness of living things can now be determined much faster and for thousands of species with a computing method developed by computer ...

Properly deciphering the branching pathways of evolution could unlock the history of every component of natural biology.

In a February meeting with members of the science faculty, Associate Provost for Science & Technology James Slattery presented tentative plans for the new Yale Biology Building, a multifunctional ...

A "zombie" ash tree affected by the invasive emerald ash borer but could survive with proper treatment, left of two ash trees that are irreparably damaged by the insect at Szymanek Park in Warminster, ...