Each summer, like clockwork, millions of beech trees throughout Europe sync up, tuning their reproductive physiology to one another. Within a matter of days, the trees produce all the seeds they’ll ...

Research involving the University of Liverpool has revealed the effect of climate warming on the complex interactions between tree masting and the insects that eat their seeds. Masting, the process by ...

The global tide of environmental consciousness keeps coming in and going out. It rose first when Rachel Carson called out the hubris of the pesticide industries in her book Silent Spring. The tide was ...

European beech trees more than 1,500 kilometers apart all drop their fruit at the same time in a grand synchronization event now linked to the summer solstice. Each summer, like clockwork, millions of ...

But there’s hope, and that’s where Holden Arboretum is playing an important role, whether it’s researching spread of the disease, experimenting with insecticides, or trying to clone trees that are ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

The easiest way is a cut test. Take random samples of ~10 fruits/seeds and cut them in half to see if solid. Many maples, ...

Andrew Hacket-Pain has received funding from UKRI, Defra and the British Council. People have been celebrating the summer solstice with elaborate rituals since prehistoric times. But humans aren’t the ...

Research has revealed the effect of climate warming on the complex interactions between tree masting and the insects that eat their seeds. Research involving the University of Liverpool has revealed ...