We tend to think of plants as passive, vulnerable actors. But in their partnership with insects, it’s plants that often play ...

Parasitic plants are notorious agricultural pests that drain nutrients from crops and cause economic losses of more than USD ...

They're natural features that look like they were painted on! Dan Smith is "barking" up the right tree, with the science ...

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Tree bark surfaces play an important role in removing methane gas from the atmosphere. Tree bark surfaces play an important role in removing methane gas from the atmosphere, according to a study ...

Researchers have counted the number of trees in China and mapped their distribution across the country using a laser-based technique called lidar. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

A recent study details how trees in New York City and Boston are more negatively impacted by heat waves and drought than trees of the same species in nearby rural forests. The finding highlights the ...

In this twist on Cooking with Carson, we haul and review four Dollar Tree Science Kits from the Science for Kids brand. These ...

In 2012, viewers were whisked away to a Seussian dystopia in Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures’ The Lorax. Based on the Dr. Seuss story of the same name – and overflowing with stars ...

When I first learned about Gregory Tague's new book, Forest Sovereignty: Wildlife Sustainability and Ethics, in which he speaks for the trees, I thought, Wow, this really is a novel take on the ...

“This here is a fir that would be classified as a Charlie Brown tree,” Greg Williams declared, of a spare little cutting of balsam fir. “But prune it severely the first year and you can make a good ...

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