If you plant a sapling for Arbor Day, this year on April 24, or Labor Day, for that matter, you can’t just expect it to grow. It needs to be watered. Actually, it needs a good soaking. According to ...

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The "walking tree" of the Amazon, Socratea exorrhiza, is a myth fueled by its distinctive stilt roots. These roots adapt to ...

Trees across the Amazon rainforest are growing larger in response to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to a major new study. The research, published in the Nature Plants ...

A fast-spreading fungal disease has left the newly named Australian "zombie tree" unable to produce flowers, fruit or seeds, ...

The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions that haven't been seen on Earth for tens of millions of years. Dr. Magali ...

A single tropical tree can create as much cooling as several air conditioners, and across forests can cool a whole region.

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

Point cloud of trees growing deep in the forest (above) and in fragmented forests in Central Amazonia, obtained using highresolution terrestrial laser scanning (TLS). The green area represents the ...

The rainforests of northern Australia are home to extraordinary ant colonies. Instead of dwelling in underground burrows, these ants inhabit canopies of trees, dozens of meters above the ground, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A local professor is taking his research outside the classroom and all the way to the tropical rainforest. A University of Louisville professor is studying the effects of ...