You don't need an orchard to grow your own fruit. There are many types of fruit trees that can be grown in containers, ...

Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

Banyans usually grow on hardwood hammocks. They are considered a keystone species, essential to the hardwood tropical ...

Bonsai aren’t perfect miniature trees, said Dave Hodgetts, a bonsai grower. They’re trees with artistic license. They’re living sculpture. “Because they keep growing, they ...

Mercury pollution in the Amazon is caused by gold mining. Discover how tree core samples identify the concentration and ...

Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic atmospheric mercury, a byproduct of gold mining in the Global South, according to a new study.

Most of us recognize and appreciate Banyan trees, but few of us understand their importance to our environment. banyan, ficus aurea, is another name for strangler fig or golden fig and is one of ...