Shrub fringes on the edges of forests and fields protect animal species and have a positive effect on biodiversity, reports a ...

Before Homo sapiens arrived, Europe's forests were not dense and dark but shaped by open and light-rich woodland landscapes.

The new study builds on last year's discovery, where it was found that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to ...

Efforts to blunt the ferocity and destruction of wildfires are dividing conservation advocates over proposals that would ...

It’s usually cooler under a forest than outside the forest, but that natural temperature buffering didn’t make global warming any less strong during the last 45 years in an old-growth forest of Oregon ...

Lianas are dominating tropical forests. When lianas gain the upper hand, there are serious consequences that affect forest ...

The Biomass satellite will measure the trunks, branches and stems of the trees that populate the planet's forests. ESA says ...

A new report published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution provides fresh clues on the origin of human ...

A new study finds humanity's closest living relatives will chew plants and apply makeshift poultices to wounds, and use ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda use plants to treat wounds and help injured companions, revealing potential roots of human medicine.

"It’s the worst." Expert issues urgent warning about how dangerous growth can take over an entire forest: 'Has affected ...

Despite a long history of traditional medicinal use in the United States, the collection, consumption and efficacy of the peculiar forest plant aptly named ghost pipe, scientific name Monotropa ...