Amid development, roadway expansion and electric utility maintenance, the preservation of trees has been a significant ...

Forests are shaped by light competition. The trees that grow the tallest have access to the most sunlight, blocking the rays ...

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 Sharon Yiesla, plant ...

A new 3-D analysis shows that wildland fires flare up in forests populated by similar-sized trees or checkerboarded by large clearings and slow down where trees are more varied. The research can help ...

Larger leaves favor photosynthetic production of a sugar-rich fluid to nourish the tree, but if the tree is too tall, the nutrient flow is slowed. Why are the leaves on the tallest trees all about the ...

Bugs run rampant in the summer, and if you have ever suffered a mosquito bite and regretted not putting on bug spray, you ...

You’ve heard about people who brought a cute little puppy home from the shelter, and a year later the dog was the size of a Great Dane. In almost any neighborhood, you can spot homes where somebody ...