Hollenbeck is devoted to learning how climate change affects tropical forests and as part of her dissertation work, spent five years leading research to document the occurrences of plant species ...

Thailand located in Southeast Asia boasts a tropical climate that significantly influences its rich biodiversity. This climatic region is characterized by warm temperatures and substantial ... Read ...

Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, ...

Only a few desert and tropical species have ever been observed ... affect plants in its experimental rainforest. Plants have survived climate shifts for hundreds of millions of years, but all ...

A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright, beak-shaped flowers, are threatened with extinction.

Scientists have uncovered how plants responded to catastrophic climate changes 250 million years ago. Their findings reveal the long, drawn-out process of ecosystem recovery following one of the most ...

But climate change causes more frequent and more severe droughts, which can kill plants at alarming rates. Like in the tropical rainforest, biodiversity is especially concentrated. This warm ...

The harvesting and burning of forest biomass to produce energy continues to surge, according to a new report on near-term ...