Numerous studies link habitat destruction to malaria and other vector-borne diseases, but the relationship isn’t always clear.

Scientists suspect the rapidly spreading beech leaf disease is due to an unidentified microbe.

A higher species richness could boost plant communities’ ability to mitigate climate change, a study suggests.

A new study ignites debate on the cause of pistachio bushy top syndrome, a disease that has crippled farms in California, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Although more evidence is needed to pin down a cause, researchers suspect that climate change is to blame.

Ancient fossils reveal how woodless trees got so big: by continuously ripping apart their xylem and knitting it back together.

Dryland biomes are covered in at least 40 percent more forest than previously estimated.

A maple branch and shattered equipment led to the cohesion-tension theory, the counterintuitive claim that water’s movement against gravity involves no action by trees.

Spruce and pine and have relied on similar genetic toolkits for climate adaptation despite millions of years of evolution.