A tree trimmer was rushed to a hospital in extremely critical condition after part of a 50-foot palm tree's "skirt" — the dried fronds that hang from the trunk — fell on him. Phoenix ...

A late-March ice storm that left a 12-county area of northern Michigan a disaster area has left thousands of broken, damaged and fallen trees. And that is a vector for pests and disease.

It seems pretty simple to plant a tree. Dig a hole. Drop in a tree. Fill the hole. Add water. Go back inside and have a beer. What could go wrong? Yet year after year, we see trees planted ...

Geddes, N.Y. — Firefighters sometimes get calls to rescue a cat stuck in a tree. They’re less accustomed to rescuing the person who climbs the tree to save the cat. But last Tuesday night ...

SUDBURY RIGHT NOW. EMILY. WELL, MARIA, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS GIANT PINE TREE SNAPPED FALLING RIGHT ACROSS PEACON ROAD AND INTO THE HOUSE HERE BEHIND ME YOU CAN SEE WHERE ...

Why some U.S. cities are so much greener than others. Ever since I first visited D.C., I was in awe of how full of trees it was. Rock Creek Park, one of the oldest city parks in the United States ...

An ancient oak tree thought to be more than 400 years old has been cut down in what has been called a "depressing" and "devastating" incident in north London. The remains of the trunk, surrounded ...

The season 3 finale of "The White Lotus" recently aired — with the episode featuring the "pong pong tree," a plant with fruit so poisonous that it is nicknamed "the suicide tree." While viewers ...

Orcharding requires effort, but the resulting yields of fresh fruit make it all worthwhile. One of the most important aspects of growing fruit trees is pruning. This applies to large commercial and ...

In 2021, The New York Times referred to trees as “stationary superheroes” in the increasingly difficult fight against climate change. As catastrophic events like wildfires, flooding and heat ...

Getting hit by lightning is not usually a good thing. But one tropical tree species seems to harness heaven’s wrath. Not only do the trees survive lightning strikes, but their height and ...

Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a scientist said. By Rebecca Dzombak When lightning strikes a tree in ...