Insect pests and diseases are usually not a problem. The root system is not aggressive so the tree may be planted near the ...

A new study claims that trees and the way their leaves change colors could act as natural volcano warnings as underground ...

For the first time, scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered, living tropical tree species. The unprecedented find was made in Brunei, a country on the large island of Borneo, and ...

Climate change is already making a small proportion of tropical tree leaves so hot that their photosynthetic machinery bakes and breaks, according to new research. Although only a small proportion ...

Tropical forests can harbor hundreds of species of trees in one square mile. Researchers reveal key factors in the spatial distribution of adult trees. Tropical forests often harbor hundreds of ...

However, we may not think much about the fate of the trees themselves, at least not as much as a team of scientists whose research on the effects of lightning on tropical forests was recently ...

Lightning strikes kill millions of trees each year — but it turns out that some large tropical trees can not only survive a strike, but also benefit from its effects, according to a recent study.

The two of them spend entire days journeying through the jungle in search of giant trees, dead or alive. Their work began on Panama’s Barro Colorado Island, home to a deeply studied tropical forest.

Lightning strikes may kill untold numbers of trees every year, but one tropical species has evolved to benefit from the sudden jolts of electricity. The tonka bean tree, aka Dipteryx oleifera ...

Plants of many sizes and varieties coexist there as in a miniature tropical rainforest. This greenhouse belongs to the Choto family. It was hand-built by Betty Choto, 54, and her husband ...

However, we may not think much about the fate of the trees themselves, at least not as much as a team of scientists whose research on the effects of lightning on tropical forests was recently ...