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

Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical ...

A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals that nearly half of the genus ...

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

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 ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical ... Heliconia plants are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, invasive species and climate change.

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

Research shows how Earth's climate suddenly warmed 10°C, transforming ecosystems and causing the worst mass extinction in history.

The ongoing conversion of native tropical ... the plants will produce hazardous air pollution in the communities in which they operate, and work against California meeting its ambitious climate ...