Scientist Inna Birchenko began to cry as she described the smoldering protected forest in Thailand where she was collecting ...

The bark of a tree is its own protection against the weather. While we shrug on a coat when it’s wet or cold, a tree will ...

A study recently published in Nature indicates that human activities have a negative effect on the biodiversity of wildlife hundreds of kilometers away. A research collaboration led by the University ...

However, an MIT study suggests that urban heat islands are unreliable for predicting the effects of global warming. This is ...

A forest with high tree-species diversity is better at buffering heat peaks in summer and cold peaks in winter than a forest ...

Baylor University is widely known for its beautiful campus, with a long-standing history of planting, caring for and ...

A forest with high tree-species diversity is better at buffering heat peaks in summer and cold peaks in winter than a forest ...

The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort ...

Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits and ...

Leaf development describes the coordinated morphogenesis process by which a leaf is formed, and grows to become a mature photosynthetic organ. It starts from the initiation of a primordium in the ...

The University of California is dropping its requirement for diversity statements in its faculty hiring process amid the Trump administration’s threats to block federal funding to institutions ...

File photo: A wildfire spreads through trees Friday, March 14, 2025, south of Langston, Oklahoma. File photo: A wildfire spreads through trees Friday, March 14, 2025, south of Langston ...