Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they follow relatively simple mathematical rules ...

Winter storms can be both mesmerizing and menacing, painting the landscape white while simultaneously posing challenges to ...

Mixodectes belonged to an extinct family known as mixodectids and lived during the Paleocene epoch. This geological epoch ...

A lighthearted round-up of this week’s Cambridge news, featuring green-thumbed engineers and yet another creative use for AI ...

A paper provides significant insights into China's tree population: by 2020, the average tree density in China was ...

Trees compete for space as they grow. A tree with branches close to a wall will develop differently from one growing on open ...

Rising temperatures could reduce trees' ability to photosynthesize. Scientists are trying to figure out just how close we are to that point.

A new book details how lignin once protected algae from UV radiation, then later in evolutionary time became a structural ...

The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a ...