Tree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they ...

International research co-authored by Joshua Fisher, associate professor in Chapman University's Schmid College of Science and Technology, suggests that studying root function in tropical forests ...

Trees are growing even bigger in the Amazon rainforest – despite climate change, reveals new research. Average tree size ...

Hibiscus is a showstopper all on its own, but these pairings can help bring out the best in the plant and ensure that you get an explosion of colorful blooms.

If you live in a cold climate area, there's nothing like bringing a bit of island life into your home. Here are the tropical ...

A new study led by the U.S. Forest Service, with Chapman University as a key senior collaborator, published in Nature ...

Sooner or later, it is said, everything old is new again. But 65 million years old? Bromeliads, which shared the Earth in the Cretaceous Era with dinosaurs, and which have been a staple of indoor ...

You might guess that Mexico City has a tropical climate. But, no, it sits at an elevation of over 7,000 feet. That's way higher than even Denver, Colorado. It means instead of mangoes, you get peaches ...