Some organisms can outlive humans by hundreds or even thousands of years, and the contender for Earth's oldest living thing ...

in preference to other trees, felling them to build its dams and lodges, which provide a habitat for many species of aquatic organisms. Aspen has a very large native range, occurring from Japan ...

This bark lives and carries out photosynthesis, attributes that make it unique among North American trees and likely contribute to its impressive geographic range (Figure 1). Aspen form individual ...

Inspired by the dark “eyes” of the aspen tree — scars left behind on the trunks after the trees drop lower limbs that aren’t getting enough sunlight — the distinctive window designs in ...