What shape is a tree? For most people, it’s like a lollipop or a feather duster: a single trunk topped by a green bunch of branches and leaves. “Not all trees are like that,” said… ...

AI learns to simulate how trees grow and shape in response to their environments DNA inspires the application of deep learning to long-standing computer graphics problem ...

What can you learn from a tree's leaves? Discover how leaf shapes, edges, patterns, and more can help you identify a tree in the forest.

Learn the different tree shapes that can take your yard from bland to grand.

A team co-led by a Purdue University researcher has found that groups of fungi influence global tree species in distinct ways, depending on latitude and aridity. The team's data underscores the ...

Most trees can be easily identified by inspecting their leaves, seed pods, flowers, bark, or shape.

Do you have a favorite Reese's shape?Compare, if you will, a regular Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, sliced in half, that’s pictured below. On the right is a Reese’s in tree form. A regular Reese ...

Environment English oaks can withstand warming – but other trees will struggle Climate change means many tree species planted today in Europe won’t survive to the end of the century, but ...

Hannah looks at why trees come in such a range of different shapes – even within the same species growing in the same garden. Natural form Some species are naturally variable in form.

The DNA molecule encodes both tree shape and environmental response in one tiny, subcellular package. In work inspired by DNA, Bedrich Benes, professor of computer science, and his associates ...