Like the trees that produce them, bristlecone needles are long-lived; they last up to 30 or ... In such periods, the species can go almost dormant. "There is something a little fantastic," wrote ...

For scientists, accurately proving the age of any long-lived species is a hard task. Under the boughs of a 300-year-old sweet chestnut tree in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, Tony Kirkham ...

Scientists found a 2-foot-long predator with “large” nostrils in a rainforest of southeast Asia and discovered a new species, ...

Long-lived tropical trees in Southeast Asia accumulate somatic mutations in a manner that is dependent on time, rather than growth rate.

White oaks, the species found most frequently on the ... Oaks” has said they are especially giving: “These large, long-lived trees support more life forms than any other trees in North America.

Trees have lived through warm and ... diversity of these seven key species. This is mainly explained by a combination of unique characteristics, namely long generation time and the ability of ...

In a coastal forest of Vietnam, a 2-foot-long ... live in coastal forests and are most active at twilight or after dark, the study said. During the daytime, these snakes typically perch on low tre ...

Her combination of apelike and humanlike traits suggested her species occupied a key place in the family tree: ancestral to ...

Newly discovered Boophis genus tree frogs in Madagascar were named for evoking sounds like that of “Star Trek.” M. Vences, CC ...

Hawaii is making an effort to stop the spread of the coconut rhinoceros beetle, an invasive species that is threatening the ...

Evergreen tree species are those bearing ... evergreen species acquire carbon over the long term and improve nutrient conservation, whereas short-lived leaves favor rapid carbon acquisition.

Hawaii's native tree snails, known as the "jewels of the forest," are rapidly disappearing. Some of the most imperiled only ...