The redwood species contains the largest and tallest trees in the world. Sequoioideae (redwoods) is a subfamily of coniferous trees within the family Cupressaceae. and is the most common tree in ...

At the U.S.-Mexico border wall in August, a yellow-billed cuckoo sat perched in a giant cottonwood tree on the Arizona side as bulldozers and activists faced off below. This slender, elusive species ...

Secrets about how giant trees grew in reverse can be found in fossil imprints of their roots. Micro-CT scanning shows that the roots were growing tip-to-tail like shoots. Stigmaria (meaning "little ...

A 100-to-1,600-year chronosequence of ancient Torreya grandis plantations reveals progressive soil potassium depletion and ...

Ancient trees—those that are remarkably old for their species—are declining worldwide, raising concerns about the loss of the ecological and evolutionary history they represent. Their exceptional ...