Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a ...

Being struck by lightning is something humans generally try to avoid. But for at least one tropical tree species, this ...

While Menara currently holds the title of the tallest tropical tree, researchers speculate that even taller specimens may ...

A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda and the National ...

The almendro tree may have evolved to attract lightning, which helps clear more space for it to grow, according to new ...

A major new study has revealed that tropical forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to climate change, ...

A species of old-growth tree that is totally new to science has been hiding out in a narrow slice of mountain rainforest in ...

Scientists discover Tessmannia princeps, a new tree species in Tanzania’s rainforest, possibly over 3,000 years old and ...

Woodland Trust, the largest woodland conservation charity in the UK, has given more of an insight into the temperate ...

Atlantic temperate rainforest is one of the UK’s most precious habitats. Native trees festooned in lichen, mosses and ferns provide habitat for a wide array of creatures, including hazel dormice, rare ...

Moor Trees, the Woodland Trust and tenant farmers, with a long-term ambition to create a “mirror image” of the existing wood. Temperate rainforest is one of the most precious habitats in the ...