Leonardo da Vinci’s sketch of a tree illustrates the principle that combined thickness is preserved at different stages of ramification. The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in ...
Forests reveal a fascinating pattern called crown shyness. Trees deliberately leave gaps between their branches. This spacing ...
In recent years, researchers have discovered that trees can communicate and share nutrients via an underground fungal net. Now, scientists in Europe have found that trees also “sleep,” or at least ...