By combining data on all known bird species, this tree is the most impressive snapshot yet of one of Earth’s most ...

Max Telford's new book, The Tree of Life, is a millennia-spanning exploration of the history – and future – of evolutionary ...

Located on the blustery Pacific coastline of Washington state, the Tree of Life earned its name from how it has survived in a seemingly unsurvivable environment – and does so with an ...

A research team has created a comprehensive evolutionary tree of all bird species, integrating data from hundreds of studies ...

In 2010, Pamela and Alistair Thompson planted a young Wollemi Pine sapling at their home in Malvern, Worcestershire. The tree, once 18 inches tall, now towers over 13 feet. This spring, Pamela ...

This data is now part of the Open Tree of Life (OpenTree) project—a collaboration between evolutionary biologists and taxonomists which aims to construct the evolutionary history of all known ...

Defending Chile’s oldest tree Deep in the rainforests of southern Chile stands a tree that was a long-kept secret: now over 5 ...

We are so busy living that we are oblivious to life. Looking at trees, one wonders whether a tree would be aware of its roots; its source of life. Let aside trees, but is even a human aware of his ...

“Seeing those images is deeply traumatic,” said Zawatsky, CEO of The Tree of Life, the group established in the wake of the Oct. 27, 2018, killings. “It’s not too much to ask that we all ...

Throughout the month of April, Columbia residents observe Arbor Day — the conservation holiday that encourages planting trees — with tree seedlings ... quality of life. They improve water ...

Like people, plant life is vulnerable to damage from the sun. Painting a young tree trunk white helps reflect sunlight, which prevents the tree’s bark from getting too much sun. Even though a ...