Ulster Wildlife takes on 100 year restoration project of ancient rainforest.

The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a study in Nature Communications. It is the first time ...

A team of researchers sampling soil beneath a millennia-old conifer in southern Chile found that a single ancient tree can harbor fungal diversity far exceeding the surrounding forest floor. The study ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Not many living organisms have been around long enough to ...

Windsor Great Park is home to one of the largest and most important collections of ancient and veteran trees in northern Europe Work has taken place to protect an ancient oak tree estimated to be up ...

Eastern Oregon's Malheur National Forest boasts some of the state's oldest trees, including pine and larch that live more than 500 years. But many of those ancient trees are dying at an alarming rate, ...

Work has taken place to protect an ancient oak tree estimated to be up to 700 years old. The Queen Oak, at Moyles Court near Ringwood, Hampshire, is one of the largest oaks in the New Forest. Posts ...