A few things on this planet are old enough to make history books look recent, and that includes some living trees that have ...

In fantasy worlds, trees like the Lord of the Rings’ Ents are agile and mobile. In the real world, they’re slow.

Anisimova's parents and sister are from Russia, but she was born in New Jersey. Here's more on Anisimova's family tree, ...

Known for his large-scale participatory art projects, JR has embarked on a new project that breathes life into a historic ...

Almost everyone wants color in the landscape, and flowerbeds play an important role in that. But it takes a lot of work to ...

“Paint your village and you will paint the whole world” is advice attributed to Nobel Prize winner Leo Tolstoy. Few theatrical experiences in recent memory make the point as vividly or successfully as ...

Someone made very sophisticated wooden tools in China 300,000 years ago, and it might have been Denisovans or even Homo ...

Forest protectors are defending mature forests from logging after dam removal and restoration on the Elwha River.

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, ...

Newly planted peach trees need water more frequently than mature ones. "Newly planted and smaller trees have fewer roots. As ...

If you walk through a forest and look down, you might think you're stepping on dead leaves, twigs and soil. In reality, ...