Geoscience BC is releasing the results of an innovative tree-top sampling program led by Noble Exploration Services Ltd. The study looked at whether trace amounts of metals found in spruce trees could ...

Here’s a sampling of trees from “Urban Trees: Site Assessment Selection for Stress Tolerance Planting.” The list is available in book form ($16.95) from the ...

IN THE GOOD old days, gold miners could seek out visible specks of bling at the surface in order to find deeper, richer veins. These days, prospectors must examine samples of dirt for more minute ...

Systematic Biology, Vol. 64, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE: MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY (2013) (JANUARY 2015), pp. 66-83 (18 pages) Species tree methods are now widely used to infer the ...

Tanzanian scientists have uncovered an exciting new species of tree, as relayed by Phys.org. According to the findings, which were published in Phytotaxa, the Tessmannia princeps appears to grow very ...

There’s gold in them thar trees. An Adelaide company is testing leaves to help figure out where to drill for gold – and it’s working. Don't miss out on the headlines from SA Business. Followed ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 105, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE: Using and Navigating the Plant Tree of Life (March 2018), pp. 385-403 (19 pages) PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Phylogenetic support has been ...

Dendrochronologists extract a small, pencil-shaped sample of wood from a tree with a tool called an increment borer. The tiny hole left in the tree's trunk quickly heals as the tree continues to grow.