The iconic Cape Verde date palm came from commercial trees gone feral and could provide genetic variety to boost the resilience of its tamer relatives.

"These new findings further support substituting tree nuts for daily snacks as an effective strategy to minimize risk for chronic cardiometabolic disease." A growing body of research has shown the ...

(WTOP/Scott Gelman) A Maryland researcher who is studying possible treatments for a disease that’s killing citrus trees across the country said her U.S. Department of Agriculture grant funding ...

A new genetically engineered tree holds promise to possibly save Florida’s citrus trees from greening disease, a bacterial infection that has devastated the state’s citrus industry.

It was a disease that decimated towering trees across the country. In the 1970s, an outbreak of Dutch elm disease led to the loss of 90pc of elm trees, with 25 million falling victim to the fungal ...