The Amazon rainforest is awash in different types of trees — almost 12,000 species and counting, a new study finds. The new tally is the first time anyone has tried to accurately count how many ...

The 2 Billion Trees (2BT) program supports organizations in planting trees to tackle the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change. A biodiverse forest refers to the variety of all life ...

The 2 Billion Trees (2BT) program provides financial support to organizations to plant trees over 10 years. Planting two billion trees is taking a significant step forward in Canada’s approach to ...

Almost one-third of the 9,200 undiscovered tree species are likely to be rare, making them especially vulnerable to climate change.

In fact, according to new research, there may be thousands more tree species than we previously thought — and many of them are still unknown to science.

In a new study, scientists have compiled data from museums around the world to find how many Amazonian tree species have been described so far. The answer: 11,676. They also estimate that there ...

More than half of those species are only found in a single country, and many of them face extinction. The scientists hope that this database will be an important tool for conservationists.

Cities around the world may need to start planting different types of trees and shrubs that can tolerate warmer and drier conditions. By 2050, about three-quarters of the species currently grown ...

A new study, published in Science Advances, estimates just how many Amazonian tree species are likely to qualify as threatened if deforestation continues.