Researchers find that the ants of the acacia tree are tipped off to the presence of herbivores by vibrations that run throughout the trees when an animal gets too close or begins to chew. As a result, ...

A type of acacia tree with an unusual growth habit -- unlike virtually all other trees -- holds particular promise for farmers in Africa as a free source of nitrogen for their soils that could last ...

NAIROBI, KENYA (24 August 2009)—Scientists said today at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry that a type of acacia tree with an unusual growth habit—unlike virtually all other trees—holds ...

An evolutionary alliance between trees and the ants that guard them has a sinister explanation, a new study suggests, finding ants hooked on nectar. In Central America, ants act as bodyguards for ...

Acacia analysis reveals globetrotting seed trekked 18,000 kilometres from Hawaii to Réunion. You have full access to this article via your institution. In what is probably the farthest single ...

None of the seven acacia trees in the front yard of Sam Morse’s home in La Feria, Texas, seem different from any of the others—or from their countless cousins that thrive in the Lower Rio Grande ...