Different trees with noticeable flowers often rely on pollinators, such as bees. Those trees have pollen that is heavier and ...

The structure of the plant communities that grow on the thawing permafrost in the Arctic is changing, with grasses displacing ...

Scientists recognize the link between natural vegetation (e.g., forests, grasslands) and freshwater ecosystems through ecohydrological processes. Disrupting ...

One cherry tree blossom is a quiet marvel of spring. Thousands of the cotton-candy pink flowers are a transcendent spectacle.

Every once in a while I like to take a whole day and just walk around Seattle. I’ll wander about admiring plantings, ...

Hot buttered biscuits and homemade fig preserves. Need I say more? Figs are one of the most widely planted home fruit trees in Louisiana. They thrive with little effort and produce crops of juicy, ...

Trees can be identified in winter by observing their needles, bark, branching patterns, and buds. Distinctive bark, such as the smooth gray bark of a beech or the peeling white bark of a paper birch, ...

Southern California’s second storm of the week brought strong winds and rain to the region, leading to trees falling on and damaging a home and vehicles in Fullerton on Wednesday. Thirty-year ...

A warm, windy Wednesday triggered an early-season surge in tree pollen across the Triangle. The culprit? The trees. Other WRAL Top Stories According to Wednesday morning’s pollen report, four types of ...

The Amazon's biggest trees store disproportionately more carbon than smaller trees do, new study finds. But in the Peruvian Amazon, large trees are currently prioritized for harvest. When you purchase ...

Recent cold weather in Florida has caused invasive green iguanas to die and fall from trees as they decay. Iguanas, which are not native to Florida, can become paralyzed when temperatures fall below ...

To protect the southwest’s iconic Joshua trees, scientists are tinkering with their genetics and searching for climate havens in—and sometimes outside of—their existing habitat. Joshua trees are lit ...