"The small size of an alien insect that feeds on a native tree from the western Pacific island of Guam allows it to hide in cracks and other locations that are out of reach for its only local natural ...

When humans bring a non-native herbivore to an isolated island, the native trees do not possess traits to craft an operative defense to the new threat, and the results can be devastating. A long-term ...

BHUBANESWAR: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar has initiated a research on Cycad, an ancient ornamental nut tree locally called ‘Veru’ or ‘Aruguna’, over concerns that ...

Research on cycad trees in Colombia, Guam, and the Philippines has illuminated how knowledge of their branching behavior may benefit conservation decisions for the endangered plants. In a study ...