Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...

The widespread destruction of old growth trees for ranching and farming is making it harder to get the wood traditionally used to make guitars, including mahogany and Brazilian rosewood.

Every tree tells a story, and at the heart of each story is a journey of growth unfolding year after year. The narrative of a ...

Scientific research may not have evidence of the sacred, but there is a large body of work that shows the positive effects of ...

Most travelers assume summer is the best time to visit Sequoia & Kings Canyon, but that could not be further from the truth.

Genetic modification is the only credible path to restoring the blight-wracked American chestnut. Bruce Beehler is a ...

Walk into the woods and you are bound to find standing dead trees, otherwise known as snags. Here's what you may not know about them.

CHEPSTOW, Wales — "Wassail!" yelled the crowd. "Cider for everyone!" In an orchard by a Welsh castle, hundreds of people ...

This is the first time in 2 years that festival organizers could light the Christmas tree bonfire on City Bay.

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

“No winter halt in below-ground wood growth of four angiosperm deciduous tree species” Nature Ecology and Evolution January 2025) that tracked growth in four species (over 300 trees) and found ...

Students from West Boulevard Elementary School tapped maple trees to make maple syrup. The fifth graders took part in maple sugaring at Boone County Nature School. "It's a pretty simple process. The ...