"Barking" up the right tree! Here's how an Australian team found that microbes found in tree bark may have a bigger influence ...

Every year, as the leaves turn and a chill enters the air, a familiar debate lights up social media feeds. The question is simple yet divisive: when is the right time to put up the Christmas tree?

Tree branches in art throughout history follow geometric rules related to fractal geometry. 'Almond blossom' by Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Do artists and scientists see the same ...

Can trees tell when they are being eaten? Discover how trees sense insect attacks, defend themselves and play a vital role in nature’s food chain.

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations. UC Davis ...

“The electrical activity of trees is a real phenomenon but it’s still a nascent field of inquiry,” said Novoplansky. “The ...

When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further enhanced this cooperation by forming a concurrent symbiosis with two different ...

The Taklamakan Desert has a name that translates, roughly and ominously, to “The Place of No Return.” For centuries, this 130,000-square-mile expanse in western China was exactly that — a furnace of ...

When I first learned about Gregory Tague's new book, Forest Sovereignty: Wildlife Sustainability and Ethics, in which he speaks for the trees, I thought, Wow, this really is a novel take on the ...

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