Their idea was simple: an eclipse is a profound event that inspires awe and collective behavior in both humans and other ...

Spruce trees retain ancient memories of their environment and communicate with one other in the hours preceding a solar eclipse, a new international study suggests.

The trees are talking to each other. But it doesn’t happen all the time. They appear to be able to pass down their ecological knowledge from older trees to younger trees, in the event of a solar ...

On a windswept plateau high above the Arabian Sea, Sena Keybani cradles a sapling that barely reaches her ankle. The young plant, protected by a makeshift fence of wood and wire, is a kind of dragon’s ...

“there’s nothing inherently dangerous about a tree,” said Dr. Jacobsen. Houses are much more flammable, built with lumber and filled with furniture and other objects made of wood and plastic ...