Over the past 40 years, the same Amazon trees growing in Peru have started growing thinner, flimsier leaves. Scientists worry they’re being pushed to the brink.

When a destroyed section of the Amazon rainforest begins to recover, nature deploys only a few tree species that can withstand poor soil conditions and blazing sun and grow rapidly, a Brazilian study ...

In temperate forests, spring timing can determine whether newly hatched caterpillars find a feast or almost nothing to eat. Many herbivorous insects emerge around the time trees produce their first ...

What’s a scientist to do, when you need to reach the highest leaves in the forest and a giant crane isn’t an option? Learn to use a crossbow. Kristen Goodhue Nearly every beech tree in Harvard Forest ...

The general health of forests can be estimated by the micro- and macronutrient content of tree leaves to help inform forest management decisions in light of climate change, species loss and other ...

Beech Leaf Disease, caused by foliar nematodes, is devastating beech trees in Oakland Forest and other areas. A research study is underway to test treatments, including fungicide injections and tree ...

Woodland Trust says trees struggling in drought stress, with older ‘survivors’ disproportionately affected ...

What does the future hold for forests in a warmer, drier world? Over the past 25 years, trees have been dying due to effects of climate change around the world. In Africa, Asia, North America, South ...

As global temperatures rose by as much as 11 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius), heat and drought put stress on the ...