Trees first appeared around 400 million years ago. They survived the mass-extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago and lived through several glacial periods ...

Many new trees do just fine on their own. In fact, the movement they experience from normal wind and weather helps trees develop strong root systems and solid trunk girth. But new trees in open ...

Every tree tells a story, but some are beyond eloquent, holding memories, embodying belief, marking sorrow. We hold trees in our imagination, where they grow in strange, wonderful ways in forests ...

It is one of 12 trees chronicled by Daniel Lewis, a historian at the Huntington Library in California, in a marvellous new book. This arboreal adventure takes you up the trunk of the mighty ceiba ...

These curbside trees tolerate compacted, infertile soils and the environment found in cities and along streets. Hedge maple (Acer campestre) tolerates urban conditions without succumbing to damage ...

His obsession with the iconic American trees began a few years ago after he completed the Megatransect—his Livingstone-like exploration of the largest intact jungle remaining in Africa.

But how exactly do we understand and use these devices? Tree diagrams have been used in evolutionary biology since the time of Charles Darwin. Therefore, one might assume that, by now, most ...

There are so many trees around us that it is easy to take them for granted and forget what incredible living things they really are! Trees have existed for millions of years. They were growing ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. How many types of trees are there in the United States? A U.S. Forest ...

Study Reveals Urban Trees Suffer More from Heat Waves and Drought Than Their Rural Counterparts Aug. 13, 2024 — A recent study details how trees in New York City and Boston are more negatively ...

It’s autumn, and that means the leaves on the trees are turning beautiful shades of yellow and red, before falling off entirely. It provides cheap entertainment for people and pets. It’s a way ...

All species on Earth, both living and extinct, are related. We know this because of a biological tool called the tree of life. This "tree" takes the form of a diagram that maps the relationships ...