Oak trees change their fine roots and "energize" soil microbes by supplying them with a cocktail of small organic compounds, ...

In fantasy worlds, trees like the Lord of the Rings’ Ents are agile and mobile. In the real world, they’re slow.

Ecologists are concerned that forest ecosystems will not keep pace with a rapidly changing climate, failing to remain healthy ...

In forest experiments, tree species capable of high rates of photosynthesis grow more slowly than species with lower maximum rates of photosynthesis — with implications for tree-planting projects.

U.S. Forest Service accomplishes 6% of wildfire replanting needs New Mexico nursery seeks funds to lift tree production DEER LAKE MESA, N.M., Sept 9 (Reuters) - Experimental pine seedlings poke ...

The World’s Largest Tree Is Ready for Its Close-Up Friends of Pando, a nonprofit, is in the process of creating the largest image ever recorded of this single aspen clone in Utah ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Many at-risk forest tree species will probably need biotechnology along with traditional tree-breeding approaches to survive, according to insights published in the July issue ...

In a first for a federal criminal trial, prosecutors used tree DNA to prove the remains matched that of timber illegally sold to local mills.

You can often find ecologist Nalini Nadkarni up in trees. She studies this unexplored ecosystem of the rain forest — the canopy. It's the world above the forest floor, all the way to the treetops.

An analysis of Canada’s National Forest Inventory provides strong evidence that the build-up of soil carbon and nitrogen on a decadal timescale increased with improved tree diversity in natural ...