A new study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden has uncovered a ...

When it comes to reforestation, planting a diversity of tree species could have a plethora of positive effects on forest ...

With their ability to store carbon, forests are often considered the lungs of the Earth, but they are vulnerable to the world ...

Lightning strikes may kill hundreds of millions of trees every year, but one tropical tree has evolved to benefit from the ...

A major new study has revealed that tropical forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to climate change, ...

Often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth," tropical forests play a critical role in regulating our global climate. But as our planet warms, these crucial tropical forests aren’t adapting ...

"And that's been the challenge, because the diversity of tropical forests is so great that there are few botanists who can identify and contribute to having solid and rapid data." Since 2005 they ...