Of the 30 species the group identified, palm trees were highly likely to die if struck by lightning, while four species of broadleaf trees—a diverse group of seed-bearing, flowering trees—had ...

The authors, Andrew Leslie of Forest Research and Ian Short of Teagasc, suggest that mixed species forest stands (consisting of broadleaves or broadleaves with conifers) can increase resilience to ...

In the largest study of its kind, researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History have used data from a 120-year-old ...

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...