Picture this: our awesome planet is like a giant green quilt, stitched together with these incredible things called forests.

Direct lightning strikes cause minimal damage to Dipteryx oleifera. But these same strikes effectively kill parasitic vines and neighboring trees that compete with the species for light and nutrients.

As greenhouse gas emissions nudge temperatures higher, trees’ growing ranges are shifting northward, projections from the U.S. Forest Service show. Trees near the southern edge of their ...

octospinosus in the tropical moist forest of La Selva Biological Station on the Atlantic slope. The Pacific A. octospinosus foraged primarily on the leaves of herbs and other small plants, fallen ...