Almost every plant we eat has a flower, and flowering plants populate every corner of the planet. But many questions remain about how and when this vast group emerged throughout the history of life on ...

The Baobab is one of the strangest-looking trees on Earth, and has been described as an “upside-down tree” and even the “tree of life” due to its nutrient-rich fruit. While six of the eight species of ...

The reason why so many tree species can coexist in species-rich forests has long been a subject of debate in ecology. This question is key to understanding the mechanisms governing the dynamics and ...

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the evolutionary relationships among birds: the illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny ...

Where there’s a tree, there’s usually a forest. But not always. A biologist describes some of the loneliest trees on planet Earth. When we think about isolation in nature, we usually picture islands ...