Training one’s eye to identify trees is a fun way to connect with the world around us and can be useful for making home landscape selections. Trees are often identified using leaf shape and color, ...

What we discovered has changed how we think about trees. Bark was long assumed to be largely biologically inert in relation ...

Trees are known for absorbing CO2. But microbes in their bark also absorb other climate-active gases, methane, hydrogen, and ...

DARIEN -- Most people walk past trees and plants every day without paying much attention to the biological diversity surrounding them. "A lot of people walk through, and all they see is a tree," said ...

Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that ...

A walk in the woods this time of year is different. It’s quiet and monochromatic. Other than the crunch of your shoes on frozen ground, there isn’t as much to see or hear as a forest in spring or ...

Video series adds “spring bloom” to aid in the identification of different trees. With vivid pictures sharing what to look for regarding the leaves, bark and bloom, Purdue Extension Forester Lenny ...

Identifying trees in winter doesn’t stop at bark and buds. In this second part, we explore additional features and techniques ...

Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.

Learn how the trillions of microbes harbored in tree bark can help scrub the air of greenhouse and toxic gases.