When storm season hits, trees can go from quiet background to major problem fast. A weak branch or leaning trunk might ...

Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a large scale — making it possible to one day track the health ...

“During the monsoon, tree trunks need to expand due to moisture, but concretisation chokes them. If roots are also cut during nearby digging, the risk of collapse increases,” he said.

Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a new study shows. Chimpanzees and humans last shared a common ancestor around 6 million years ago. Scientists suspect this ...

A new analysis of 371 bouts of chimpanzee drumming demonstrates that the chimps “clearly play their instruments -- the tree trunks -- with regular rhythms,” said University of Amsterdam music ...