Q: I have a house in Houston. Does blooming of tropical trees like Bauhinia, Erythrina and Tabebuia depend on their age or size? I plant these trees in the ground. They freeze. They come back but they ...

Scientists are uncovering a hidden ally in the fight against climate change and air pollution: the microscopic communities living on tree bark. Far from being an inert shield, bark turns out to be a ...

A new study carried out in Australia finds that the bark of common tree species holds diverse microbial communities, with trillions of microbes living on every tree. The research determined that many ...