A new study shows that the life history traits of trees are more related to maximum lifespan than to mean life expectancy, and illustrates the evolutionary and ecological importance of very old trees ...

Regular light-dark cycles greatly affect organisms, and events like eclipses induce distinctive physiological and behavioral shifts. While well-documented in animals, plant behavior during eclipses ...

Pragati hai toh prakriti hai (“If there is nature, there is progress.”) Forests are like the "lungs of our planet". They help ...

Across the western U.S., wildfires are becoming larger and more severe—and even trees that initially survive are dying in subsequent years, making it harder for forests to regenerate, according to new ...

Reforestation and afforestation programs are promoted as strategies to mitigate rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations and enhance ecosystem services. Planting diverse forests is supposed to foster ...

A project in the Sahel and East Africa claims to fight both soil erosion and poverty through regenerative agroforestry. U.S.-based NGO Trees for the Future (TREES) trains farmers in what it calls the ...

Forests provide myriad benefits, including timber, wildlife attraction, local cooling and climate resilience. At the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, ecologists are testing which tree ...

In the noticeably cooler shadows of a southern old-growth forest, among the massive oak, maple, sycamore, hickory and walnut ...

Mark Harmon crouches low next to log number 219: a moss-covered western hemlock tree trunk, five meters long, lying dead on the ground in the lush green woods. It’s marked by a thin aluminum tag. The ...