Trees and Their Importance explores the vital role trees have played from early American settlement to modern life, ...

We’re not about four seasons, we’re about water and drought and heat and fire.”But why do the fagus and other plants colour ...

Changing Floral Tapestry of London Spring Awakening: London in Bloom The Joyful Arrival of Tulips Daffodils and Narcissi: ...

For a brief period of a few weeks in the summer, male stag beetles (Lucanus cervus) fly in search of a mate. They use their spectacular jaws to wow the ladies and conduct dramatic duels with their ...

The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are struggling to regenerate in the understorey due to a lack of light. One reason for this is the absence of ...

When it comes to reforestation, planting a diversity of tree species could have a plethora of positive effects on forest ...

Over one-third of the compounds were terpenoids, chemicals that plants use to ward off threats like insects and pathogens. Terpenoids are already known for their medicinal uses. Some can fight cancer, ...

Old-growth forests are rare – less than 7% of the area of U.S. forests today – and are still often logged. To recover forest ecosystems across the U.S., it will not be enough to protect just ...