Trees are essential to life on Earth. They support ecosystems, store carbon, provide clean water, improve our health, and ...

The reason why so many tree species can coexist in species-rich forests has long been a subject of debate in ecology. This question is key to understanding the mechanisms governing the dynamics ...

More information: L. Augusto et al, Widespread slow growth of acquisitive tree species, Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08692-x Provided by INRAE - National Research Institute for ...

More than a third of all tree species worldwide face extinction, threatening ecosystems, plants, animals and economies around the world, experts warned Monday. In all, 38% of trees are at risk ...

In South America, which is home to the Amazon Rainforest, 3,356 out of the 13,668 assessed tree species are at risk of extinction due to deforestation for crop farming and livestock ranching.

The Key Largo tree cactus, located in the Florida Keys, has become the first U.S. species to become extinct due to sea level rise, scientists say. Susan Kolterman ...

Wageningen University researchers modeled climate responses of over 32,000 tree species under global warming scenarios.

The tree cactus persists elsewhere in the Caribbean, including parts of Cuba and the Bahamas. But the stand lost on Key Largo to saltwater intrusion from rising seas and soil depletion from high ...

Protecting trees might not seem like a public health strategy, but new research suggests it could be—especially in the tropics. Many bat species native to Germany, such as the Leisler's bat, are ...

Over one in three tree species is now threatened with extinction: This figure alone could almost sum up what is at stake in the current negotiations in Cali, Colombia, where the 16 th World ...

Dan Mullen / Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa) is a shaggy gray-bark species.This hickory grows up to 75–100 feet tall and can be 50–75 feet wide. Shellback ...

To answer this important question, an international consortium of scientists, coordinated by INRAE and Bordeaux Sciences Agro, studied the growth of 223 tree species planted in 160 experimental ...