To save an endangered tree, put it up for sale. And whatever you do, don’t tell anyone where it is. That’s how an Australian consortium is protecting the Wollemi pine tree, a rare species that dates ...

They are just two of the surviving descendants of the very rare Dendroseris neriifolia, with only one tree left in the wild.

Logan Botanic Garden has been described as "Scotland's most exotic garden" [Chris James] The offspring of one of the world's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE: The Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana) is a rare, critically endangered species of pine tree, growing only in a few coastal areas ...

A mass die-off is expected for a rare grove of endangered trees found on a windswept stretch of a remote California island, officials with the National Park Service announced Tuesday. And on Santa ...

What is the origin of genetic diversity in plants? Can new mutations acquired during growth be passed on to seeds? INRAE scientists, in collaboration with CIRAD and the CNRS, have used the French ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Trees are believed ...

In the fossil record, trees typically are preserved with only their trunks. They don't usually include any leaves to show what their canopies and overall forms may have looked like. In a new study, ...

There are late bloomers, and then there’s talipot palms. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a crop of imported palms is flowering for the first and only time after being planted by renowned Brazilian ...

Medlar fruit can cause diarrhoea if eaten before beginning to rot Three rare fruit trees, which were incredibly popular in medieval times, have been discovered in an overgrown nature reserve. The ...

In 1837, New Zealand introduced Australian brushtail possums in the hope of building a profitable fur industry. The animals ...