A recent study published in National Science Review challenges the traditional emphasis on trees in forest ecology, revealing ...

The tonka bean tree, scientifically known as Dipteryx oleifera, has developed the ability to not only survive strikes but also to transfer the electricity from lightning to its “enemies” and the ...

Tonka Bean Trees in Panama Can Survive Lightning Strikes And Then Use that Charge to Take Down ‘Clingy Partners’ All ...

One of the big debates in the forestry industry is harvesting ancient, intact, or old-growth forests that have only been ...

Researchers believe they have identified a network of spies to help combat illegal gold mining operations in the Amazon ...

Scientists in China achieved a groundbreaking feat by employing laser-equipped drones to conduct the most comprehensive tree ...

Lightning is usually seen as a harbinger of destruction in forests, killing or damaging trees in their blasts. But in the ...

Fu Forest, Fuzhou, China. Credit ... “The study represents the first high-resolution mapping of tree density across China,” Guo said. “Ultimately, this research contributes to China’s approach to ...

The new Western Forest area will include a mix of 20m newly-planted trees and restored woodland Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares (6,178 acres) of new woodland created in the ...

Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares (6,178 acres) of new woodland created in the west of England as part of a "national forest" drive, the government has announced. The Western ...

The Great Green Wall project — also known as the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program — started in 1978 and is due to be completed in 2050, by which point it could hold 100 billion trees.