In the pantheon of endangered ecosystems, tropical dry forests are seldom granted a leading role. They lack the lush mystique ...

Many of Southern California’s plants and animals evolved with fire as part of their life cycles. Can they weather the worsening fires to come? Humboldt’s lily (Lilium humboldtii).Credit...Matt Smith ...

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

New research shows warming tropical soils release far more carbon dioxide, risking faster global climate change.

El Niño events are natural climate patterns characterized by changes in wind patterns, which impact sea surface temperatures ...

Which tropical habitats are worthy of conservation? Humid forests, with their dazzling species counts, easily gain notice.

Pollen found beneath a treeless island shows it once supported a cool-temperate forest - wet, shaded, and biologically rich.

Chapman University researchers, in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and others, published a study in Nature Communications showing that warming tropical rainforest soils release vast amounts ...

Agroup of members of our local palm society along with others from around the tropical world are heading for the Peruvian Amazon. We plan to study what is happening there in regard to forest ...

FOREST ACRES — The Columbia area’s newest location of a prominent smoothie chain is planned for a Forest Acres shopping center. The city has approved plans for a new Tropical Smoothie Cafe at 4711 ...