By Ruth Kamnitzer The Maya Golden Landscape in southern Belize is a patchwork of protected areas, agricultural lands and ...

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A team co-led by a Purdue University researcher has found that groups of fungi influence global tree species in distinct ways ...

The reason why so many tree species can coexist in species-rich forests has long been a subject of debate in ecology. This question is key to understanding the mechanisms governing the dynamics ...

In South America, which is home to the Amazon Rainforest, 3,356 out of the 13,668 assessed tree species are at risk of extinction due to deforestation for crop farming and livestock ranching.

More than a third of all tree species worldwide face extinction, threatening ecosystems, plants, animals and economies around the world, experts warned Monday. In all, 38% of trees are at risk ...

Maya stone masons used sap from trees such as the Jiote (Bursera simaruba) ... Researchers may have identified a new human species that lived around 300,000 years ago in Asia.

The experts examined 47,282 species of trees, determining that 16,425 — or 34 percent — are threatened, categorized on the Red List as critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable.

The team also extracted plant DNA from the burial of a high-status man. Testing showed that the grave contained significant amounts of DNA from two tree species whose bark was used to make clothes ...

Lightning is often seen as a killer, leaving behind destruction and death of trees — but one tropical species has evolved to use the force of nature to its benefit. Torkhov – stock.adobe.com.

In South America, which is home to the Amazon Rainforest, 3,356 out of the 13,668 assessed tree species are at risk of extinction due to deforestation for crop farming and livestock ranching.