In tropical forests, endangered species inside protected habitats are still in danger from threats from beyond their ...

Pando, Utah, USA Nestled in the heart of Utah, Pando is not just a tree but an entire forest, all connected by a single root ...

In highly deforested landscapes and degraded forests, large-seeded big trees are losing out to opportunistic, fast-growing ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. Although historically overlooked, lightning may play a surprisingly large role in shaping tropical forests, accounting for as much as 40 percent of large tree ...

But these narrow-leafed plants ... past six years, 12 species have vanished. “That’s big time,” says botanist Kenneth Wood of the Hawaii-based nonprofit National Tropical Botanical Garden.

Cycadophyta, or cycads, are an ancient group of tropical and subtropical plants dating back more than 200 million years ago, ...

faster-growing trees, with softer wood, tend to prevail over denser species with a higher carbon-storage capacity. In 2023, about 3.7 million hectares (8.14 million acres) of primary tropical ...

A new study has revealed the dramatic impact that rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns due to climate change could have on threatened tree ... species—the rich diversity of ...