Up to six trillion climate change-fighting microbes inhabit each square metre of tree bark, according to a new study by ...

The mechanism has resulted from evolution over millions of years to protect the buds that enable plants to survive fire. A study conducted in an environmental protection unit can contribute to ...

A reptile found in Madagascar is impossible to tell apart from tree bark by day. For decades, scientists had mixed it up with a relative. By Sofia Quaglia As night falls on the northern forests of ...

Tiny, gas-eating microbes hidden in the bark of trees in northern New South Wales hold a crucial clue in the fight against global warming, a study has revealed. The role of trees in combating carbon ...

Trees can be identified in winter by observing their needles, bark, branching patterns, and buds. Distinctive bark, such as the smooth gray bark of a beech or the peeling white bark of a paper birch, ...