In a culture obsessed with competition, it comes as no surprise that even our trees have been put to the test. In honor of ...

In 1997, Julia Hill started a tree sit in a California redwood to protest logging efforts. For 738 days, Hill lived on two platforms in cramped, windy, and wet conditions. She ultimately reached an ...

During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt created a tree army. Civilians planted trees, built dams, and transformed ...

The Italian cypress tree's thick foliage provides privacy, but its wood contains a lot of sap and burns at a high heat, ...