This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The tree species known only as Pennantia ...

Conservationists are seething over the high likelihood that a critical habitat for desert tortoises will be impacted by a ...

Cuttings of the nation's rarest native tree have been brought to Wiltshire as part of an effort to save them from extinction. Black poplars once covered swathes of Britain's ancient flood plains, but ...

Researchers from China and Europe have discovered how regional species pools and environmental conditions work together to shape tree diversity and rare species distribution in China's subtropical and ...

A couple of years ago, one of the rarest apple trees in North America was discovered in Ron and Jeanne Russell’s Verona Island backyard. Perched crookedly on a hill overlooking the Penobscot River, ...