A viral claim suggested trees can explode in the Arctic cold. That's not entirely true, though they do crack under the pressure.

Five new animal species that camouflage themselves as excrement or bark reveal some of what still remains hidden in the world ...

High up from the forest floor, birds flit from limb to limb and weave their homes from leafy foliage, seemingly safe from predators that might be lurking in the forest below. But certain species of ...

A new study has revealed that bark microbes feed off harmful greenhouse gases. The microbes studied eliminated different gases, depending on whether they lived in wetland, mangrove, or upland forests.

The wide brown trunk of an ash tree in front of my house makes a good backdrop for assessing the density of falling snowflakes, their potential impact on the ski trails, and the unique beauty of a ...

Australian researchers co-led by Southern Cross University have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. The trees' bark harbours trillions of microbes that help scrub the air of greenhouse ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. boris misevic knqZ N qJQk unsplash Boris Misevic/Unsplash, CC BY We all know trees are climate heroes. They pull carbon dioxide ...

Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that help scrub the air of greenhouse and toxic gases. The study, titled "Bark ...

The bark of a single tree can be home to trillions of bacteria, and these microbes may have an important but neglected role in controlling greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere. The total surface ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trees produce antibodies against harmful fungi. But bark beetles absorb these antibodies and use them to their own advantage. And ...