In 2023, a botanist discovered a tree in the Nguru Mountains of eastern Tanzania that was previously thought to have been extinct, Mongabay reported. The tree — Millettia sacleuxii — is so rare that ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. This article is available in Spanish. Seeds of the ceiba barrigona, or big-bellied ceiba tree, are not easy to find. The rare giant, known scientifically as ...

EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — More Ozark Chinquapin seeds were planted at Lake Leatherwood City Park in Eureka Springs on Feb. 28, and many curious folks showed up to learn more and help support ...

Trees have always been part of our lives, providing us with oxygen, shade, food, and beauty. These trees, which stood tall and strong for centuries, are now only memories preserved in stories, records ...

Seeds found in the ancient fortress of Masada that date from the time of Christ have borne fruit in Israel. Elaine Solowey, a botanist with the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies at Kibbutz ...

Scientists have confirmed the rediscovery of two tree species that were feared to have become extinct twice, according to a report published in the Journal of East African Natural History. The finds ...

A type of tropical cactus native to the Florida Keys has become the first species in U.S. history to become extinct due to rising sea levels, researchers said. A massive stand of Key Largo tree cactus ...

Haldre Rogers’s entry into ecology came via the sort of man-made calamity that scientists euphemistically call an “accidental experiment.” She’d taken a job in 2002 on the Pacific island of Guam and ...

Perched among the fronds of the world’s loneliest tree, Viswambharan Sarasan had an important decision to make. Sarasan had worked for years to get access to this palm — the last living member of the ...

Rewilding doesn’t mean abandoning — it means gardeners becoming a ‘keystone species’, creating a habitat where wildlife can ...