Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When we think of a tree, we usually picture a single big trunk that divides into branches overhead. Yet sometimes trees may sprout ...

With trees, as with elephants and in swimming, trunks are important. They’re part of trees’ beauty, strength, majesty, and mystique. We have things to discuss. Like people, trunks come in all shapes ...

Q: We planted some small trees last year and this spring. We tied stakes to them to hold them up. We tried untying some of last year’s trees, and they seemed to be wiggly, so we tied them back up. How ...

What shape is a tree? For most people, it’s like a lollipop or a feather duster: a single trunk topped by a green bunch of branches and leaves. “Not all trees are like that,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant ...

One of the costliest losses in the landscape is when an animal destroys or disfigures a new tree. A new tree can easily cost $100 these days for even a small one, and they’re particularly vulnerable ...

After last week’s column on transplanting 8-year-old plum trees was published, City of Las Cruces Community Forester Jimmy Zabriskie contacted me about another important consideration: sunscald.

A study published today in Ethology, led by a researcher from The University of Sydney, has captured koala drinking behaviour in the wild for the first time. The paper describes how koalas drink by ...

Ever wondered why tree trunks in India are painted white and red? Explore the reasons from protecting bark against insects and sunscald to urban beautification. Have you ever walked on the roadside or ...