Ecologists discovered the tallest tree in the Amazon – and it was nearly 50 percent taller than the previous record holder.

Rising carbon dioxide levels have boosted the growth of trees in the Amazon rainforest over the past few decades, but it is ...

Rainforest seedlings are more likely to survive in natural forests than in places where logging has happened -- even if tree restoration projects have taken place, new research shows. Rainforest ...

Amazon rainforest trees are getting bigger due to climate crisis, study finds - Scientists say the findings should not ...

Tree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they ...

Scientists knew almost nothing about how ebony trees, used for guitars and piano keys, grow. A new study reveals the secret ...

The growth of the trees, the researchers warned, is "increasingly critical for the trajectory of the net carbon balance" in the Amazon region.

Bole of a very large individual of Tessmannia princeps, showing the numerous buttresses. Credit: photo by Andrea Bianchi, from Phytotaxa (2025). DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.694.2.1 A team of botanists ...

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