The mortality rate of trees in forests from Tasmania to the Top End is increasing as the world warms, according to a new study. Scientists suspect this rising death rate is part of a global trend but ...

A study on 'canopy soils' on old trees in Costa Rica shows they are important habitats and carbon stores that cannot easily be replaced. In certain trees, soils can form along branches and can support ...

Many at-risk forest tree species will probably need biotechnology along with traditional tree-breeding approaches to survive, according to insights published in the July issue of the journal New ...

A new study has found trees across Australia are dying at a faster rate than new ones are growing, a trend that is contributing to an increase in carbon emissions. The research, led by Western Sydney ...

U.S. Forest Service Climate Adaptation Specialist Andrew Bower can’t find his trees. From the small town of Packwood, the site of Bower’s experiment in the future of forestry under an ever-warming ...

Did you know that forests cover almost one-third of all land on Earth? These large green areas are the lungs of our planet, but they aren't identical. From the chilly, needle-leaf Boreal forests in ...

On the fringe of Kenya’s Gazi village, 50 kilometers south of Mombasa, Mwatime Hamadi walks barefoot on a path of scorching-hot sand toward a thicket of trees that seem to float where the land meets ...

Remarkable research has unlocked new understanding of the mysterious ways trees communicate and share knowledge with each other – and much like in many animal species, the wisdom of age plays a vital ...