The fate of one of the tree's only two habitats has hung in the air this week while the Santa Rosa Island Fire burned through ...

Trees are believed to have originated hundreds of millions of years ago. Ever since, evidence of these ancient plant sentinels has been in short supply. Now, a new discovery of uniquely 3D tree ...

To save an endangered tree, put it up for sale. And whatever you do, don’t tell anyone where it is. That’s how an Australian consortium is protecting the Wollemi pine tree, a rare species that dates ...

The island is home to the Torrey pine, 'the rarest native pine the United States,' according to the National Park Service.

SAN DIEGO — Perched on crumbling cliffs along San Diego’s coastline, a fragile forest of rare trees continues to survive in one of the harshest environments in North America. This is Torrey Pines ...

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Two rare trees with ties to colonial-era Philadelphia soon will grace the steps to Carpenters' Hall in Old City. The 6-foot-tall Franklinia Alatamaha trees, better known as Franklin trees, will be ...

Botanists surveying a remote forest reserve on Pemba Island in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago have discovered a forest of rare trees — the only place in Africa where they’re known to occur in the ...

SOCOTRA, Yemen -- On a windswept plateau high above the Arabian Sea, Sena Keybani cradles a sapling that barely reaches her ankle. The young plant, protected by a makeshift fence of wood and wire, is ...