What shape is a tree? For most people, it’s like a lollipop or a feather duster: a single trunk topped by a green bunch of branches and leaves. “Not all trees are like that,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant ...

Fossils of early trees are scarce, and specimens that include the tree’s crown are even scarcer. But Robert Gastaldo at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and his colleagues analysed just such a ...

Every tree is unique. As they grow, they adapt to their environment, writes Gerry Daly The twisted, sprawling branches of a beautiful old tree With some wonderful sunsets in recent days, there came ...

A recent discovery of plant fossils in New Brunswick, Canada, unveils previously unknown appearances of ancient trees featuring characteristics never observed before. These fossils, presenting an ...