Maple trees give life to syrup, shitakes and a heat that can warm up the coldest early spring nights in maple growing parts ...

Coconut trees are iconic plants found across the world’s tropical regions. They’re called “nature’s supermarket” or the “tree of life” in several cultures because every part of the coconut tree is ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, ...

Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a ...

A “Goldilocks” measure of green space might help stave off dementia, but an excess could lead to cognitive decline ...

Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.

The almendro tree may have evolved to attract lightning, which helps clear more space for it to grow, according to new ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...

Cicadas from Brood XIV will emerge in 13 states this year. Here's what we know about the cicadas and when they'll be in ...

Terrestrial carbon sinks grew by 30% from 1992 to 2019, with most carbon stored in nonliving pools, not forests, prompting a ...

Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric ...