Tree cores pulled from some of the planet’s oldest trees have helped extend records of past weather.

It's easy to think of trees as part of the landscape. But what if the trees were the landscape? That's what a new study by a researcher at the University of Georgia asks us to imagine. By considering ...

Tornadoes, hurricanes, and other extreme windstorm events cause millions of dollars in structural damage and related losses each year. They can also significantly damage ecosystems systems, driving ...

High-elevation treelines are a global phenomenon, but the large-scale ecological and physiological mechanisms that define their existence still elude ecologists. The upper altitudinal limit of trees ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaf shapes play an important role in tree identification, providing key ...

In biology, phylogenetic trees represent the evolutionary history and diversification of species – the “family tree” of Life. Phylogenetic trees not only describe the evolution of a group of organisms ...