Those living in the most tropical areas of the United States can grow this compact tree that features stunning aromatic ...

The large leaves of the aguaje, a tropical palm tree that grows in the peatlands and other seasonal wetland areas in tropical ...

Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic atmospheric mercury, a byproduct of gold mining in the Global South, according to a new study.

Do you live someplace that's hot and dry? Growing fruit trees can be challenging in arid areas, but there are varieties that ...

An author of a recent study about lightning's effect on trees in Panamanian forests says his team has gotten a large, positive response from people, including those who call the trees inspirational.

Banyans usually grow on hardwood hammocks. They are considered a keystone species, essential to the hardwood tropical ...

Hundreds of millions of trees die from lightning strikes worldwide every year, and as the climate changes, that number is ...

The tonka bean tree, scientifically known as Dipteryx oleifera, has developed the ability to not only survive strikes but also to transfer the electricity from lightning to its “enemies” and the ...

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

Being named the best garden center in CT goes beyond having a plentiful, hardy selection of plants and flowers — although that’s definitely a plus. Locals voted and named the top CT plant ...

To explore how the diversity of pollen structures may have evolved, I have mapped the pollen data onto the family tree of legumes ... covering the surface of the pollen (Fig.1). These structures might ...

They also tend to have high nutritional value for many. A fig is a soft fruit with a thin skin that can be either green or purple. The flesh of a fig is typically red, and the entirety of the ...