Three years ago, while exploring the Mojanda mountain range in Ecuador, a team of researchers from a local NGO and a ...

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Researchers found a hidden mathematical rule in tree-like art. Branch thickness follows a predictable ratio, making trees recognizable.

Growers often train branches to grow into desired shapes by wrapping them first with protective raffia, then with bonsai wire ...

Trichocallia delicatula, or the beautiful hairy ghost shrimp, has “tubular, hair-like” growths on the pleopods, or fan-like structures on the tail of the shrimp, making it appear fluffy, according to ...

Don't take the beautiful, aged trees in your yard for granted. Check-in on them often, especially in winter, to identify ...

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

Des Moines has provided tens of thousands of free trees to its residents to plant on private property. Nine species are available in 2025.

During their youth, the trees can be sensitive to frost, but they become more tolerant once they reach a height of six to ...

Dear Neil: I’m seeing the landscape guys putting mounds of mulch around tree trunks in town. Is that really a good idea? It seems like it would cause decay in the wood of the trunks.

The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed of xylem cells that conduct water from the roots to the upper parts of the tree. That woody section is ...