A species of old-growth tree that is totally new to science has been hiding out in a narrow slice of mountain rainforest in Tanzania. Scientists have named the canopy-piercing tree Tessmannia princeps ...

In some circumstances, scattered trees contribute to the viability of threatened species populations in agricultural landscapes by providing important nesting, roosting and foraging habitat and ...

A new study published today (March 26) in New Phytologist finds that certain tropical tree species not only survive lightning strikes but may actually gain an advantage from them. In fact, researchers ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Human activities are significantly impacting global biodiversity, leading to a decline in species numbers and altering species community compositions. A ...

A new species of fossil is 444 million years-old ... era and so it remains a mystery how she fits into the evolutionary tree of life. The small roadside quarry where Professor Gabbott found ...

Its main stronghold is the island of Saint Lucia, where the tree plays a vital ecological, economic and cultural role. The species accounts for a significant proportion (up to 10% in places) of the ...

A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda and the National Museum of Kenya has discovered a new species of tree growing in the ...

You’d have thought scientists would know about all of the extremely large tree species out there by now given that they’re, y’know, frickin’ huge. But as the discovery of a brand new ...

Rainforest in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains, where researchers identified a new tree species. Credit: Marc Veraart / CC BY 2.0 A group of plant scientists has discovered a rare new tree species deep ...

A new tree species, Tessmannia princeps, has been identified in Tanzania's Udzungwa Mountains. Characterized by its massive size and slow growth, some trees are estimated to be up to 3,000 years old.

Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares (6,178 acres) of new woodland created in the west of England as part of a "national forest" drive, the government has announced. The Western ...

As you may know, the Native Plant Society of Texas passionately advocates for the use of landscape trees, shrubs and other plants that are native to each area, and each climate, of Texas.