A bonsai infuses your indoor space with ageless gravitas, purposive perseverance, and tortured artistry — both yours and the tree's. How could it be that a plant trained to miniaturize its ...

Phylogenies are a fundamental tool for organizing our knowledge of the biological diversity we observe on our planet. But how exactly do we understand and use these devices?

Many different types of plants—mostly trees and shrubs—are used in bonsai, but artists are constantly working with and training new types of plants. “Some types of trees adapt better than ...