It's been a brutally hot summer throughout the U.S., and it's even worse in many urban pockets. Trees can help.

The Post and Courier readers submitted photographs of fruit trees, and a winner and two honorable mentions were selected.

Philly's summer muggy weather is historic. We're seeing more fireflies around, so here's where to find lightning bugs, and a ...

The tree canopy provided by the leaves and branches is part of New York City’s wider commitment to building a sustainable heat repellant.

A retired nurse, her son and a family friend were lucky to survive last week’s flash floods in Texas that killed more than 100 people.

An 8-year-old boy was killed after a tree branch fell on him at a summer camp in a California park.