Touch the fruit. Not all figs show obvious signs of ripening. Some, including the popular LSU Gold cultivar, remain green throughout much of the process, taking on a yellow tinge only at the last ...

Certain trees, like figs, crape myrtles, calamondins, ginkgos, and Japanese maples, can thrive when planted in pots rather ...

Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

Scientists discovered that fig trees in Kenya can store carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate rocks inside their trunks and ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into ...

We all know that trees are an important part of our climate efforts. But we usually envision this as lush forests soaking up ...

Even though trees can look dead in the winter, they’re probably just dormant. The dormancy period begins in the fall when leaves changes colors and fall off the trees and lasts through all of ...

Danbury has begun a project to improve Main Street by removing trees for new sidewalks and promising to replant. In all, 70 trees will be cut down.