Our recently designed SCAMPP framework has been shown to scale both pplacer and EPAng to larger backbone trees of up to 180,000 sequences by building a small placement subtree for each query sequence ...

“To build a complete phylogenetic tree of these species, integrating DNA data is now essential,” he said. Dr. Nithyanandam Marimuthu, who led the complex statistical analyses ...

Lightning is often seen as a killer, leaving behind destruction and death of trees — but one tropical species has evolved to use the force of nature to its benefit. The tonka bean tree ...

Dollar Tree is selling off its Family Dollar stores for about $1 billion in a move the company says strengthens both companies – and lets Dollar Tree focus on growth. Private equity firms ...

The White House will remove from its property a magnolia tree planted nearly 200 years ago with seeds said to have been brought from former President Jackson’s home in Tennessee. President Trump ...

We will show that when the database has a hierarchical structure, there is a natural extension of the h-index that works on ...

Callery pear trees, though once popular, are now illegal to plant, grow or sell in Ohio due to their invasive nature. The trees spread easily as birds eat their fruit and disperse the seeds widely.

Getting hit by lightning is not usually a good thing. But one tropical tree species seems to harness heaven’s wrath. Not only do the trees survive lightning strikes, but their height and ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — A family is suing the City of Portland for $4.7 million over a tree that fell onto their home after the city denied them a permit to remove the tree. The Douglas fir crashed ...

Joshua Tree National Park is preparing to close its busiest entrance at the peak of its busiest season — potentially causing headaches for the tens of thousands of visitors who descend on the ...