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 ...

People in a village have come together to plant a range of rare heritage apple trees. A community orchard has been created in Barford St Martin, Wiltshire, where ancient varieties such as Bedwyn ...

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, ...

The University of Colorado Boulder has acquired a rare Wollemi pine tree, a tree species that lived alongside dinosaurs and was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in Australia in 1994. CU ...

During last weekend's Qingming Festival holiday, visitors to the Hunan Botanical Garden in Changsha, Hunan province, ...

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 ...

COTATI, Calif. (KGO) -- Arborists, historians, and residents are banding together to save a redwood in the North Bay that was little noticed until it was announced the tree would be chopped down to ...