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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

Trees stop making food for themselves when they get too hot, a new study shows. If tropical air temperatures reach 116 degrees Fahrenheit, a lot of the rainforest could die. This is the first study to ...