Anywhere between 1,000 and 5,000 years old in age, here are some of the oldest trees in the world that have stood tall ...

Dipteryx trees in Panama survive lightning strikes, grow taller, lose rivals, and reproduce more successfully.

Assistant Editor for The Prospect Lily Hutcheson reviews the play “Legacy of Light,” which explores the stories of two women in the interconnection of science and art.

How to grow a lemon tree from a seed Take the seeds from a lemon. Choose a bright yellow lemon that's free from bruising and ...

He had gone up to Wisconsin with this person to help him clean up a summer cabin, family cabin, and repaid my son for his ...

Tree of Life,' a Sitka spruce in Olympic National Park, is nearing the end of its life on the Washington coast.

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

The Rod of Asclepius is a striking emblem: a simple staff with a lone snake coiled around it, universally acknowledged as a symbol of medicine and healing.

During their lives trees perform functions critical to the health of forests and its wildlife — providing oxygen to the ...