Demand for the patchouli plant's oils has skyrocketed in recent years, and so too has the number of farmers in the region who ...

Building on a long history of successful collaboration, Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden ...

Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits and ...

Through a course in dendrology, the study of the taxonomy of woody plants in the absence of flowers or fruits, two experts in ...

"The superpower of tropical forests is that for the past 60 million years, trees could rely on animals to pollinate them and move their seeds," said Miles Silman, co-author of the study. "We are ...

The King has planted a red maple tree at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the success of a global network of Commonwealth forests created in tribute to his late mother. Charles used a spade to shovel ...

Plants are also seeking to escape climate change. So much so that in the cloud forests of Mesoamerica, a place where the landscape is shrouded in mist, plant species have moved between 1.8 and 2.7 ...

Wake Forest ... and dry conditions in the atmosphere. When the atmosphere is dry, it pulls water from the vegetation and soils, causing the surface to dry out. In August and September, Tropical ...

The Nagarhole national park has over 200 tanks in Dammanakatte and Veeranahosahalli forest ranges of which around 80 per cent of the small water bodies are dried up forcing the wild animals to ...

A few months ago, I had a whole day available to hike several kilometers through the tropical dry forest of Guanacaste on a series of trails that I hadn’t fully explored before and find locations for ...

to calculate factors like range size and the abundance of plants occupying certain areas. The team then examined how human activities in these areas have impacted forest coverage using resources ...