Considering trees’ need to intercept light for photosynthesis, the ideal angle of leaves and branches would be horizontal.

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

Here in New England, the pine bark beetle also seems to be causing more tree deaths than previously, and ecologists have ...

Arguably our coolest woodpecker, the yellow-bellied sapsucker has provided plenty of fodder for insults and jokes, ...

A 400-million-year-old fossil is shedding new light on the evolution of plants and their ability to grow large.

The tallest plants alive today can grow to over 100 meters tall. But they evolved from ancestors that were just a few ...

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Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The cambium and its "zone" is a cell generator (reproductive tissue called ...

Abstract: In this study, a microscale phloem sap extraction sensor device based on MEMS technology is proposed to artificially extract phloem sap and monitor biological information in plant branches.

Anyone who’s peeled a banana has certainly encountered this unpleasantness. But what do we even know about these things? If the term “phloem” sounds familiar to you, it’s probably because you were ...

Gregory Moore does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...