Tree trunks are more than just wood—they’re living records of everything a tree’s been through. From growth spurts to natural disasters, tree rings and dark lines inside trunks reveal ...

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Vessels in a tree’s xylem transport water from the roots to the rest of the plant. Hardwood tree species tend to have large ...

Tiny extremophiles give the salty lakes their rosy hue, but over-mining and climate change are threatening their existence.

Scientists have used clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon's rainfall cycle over the last 40 years: wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier.

In a Swiss pine forest, the treetops are being sprayed with mist in a bid to discover the effect that drier or wetter air has on their ability to survive.

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The Trump administration said on Monday that it would open up 58 million acres of back country in national forests to road construction and development, removing protections that had been in place ...

It includes photos of three Baobab trees from St. Croix — the Grove Place baobab and two trees at Estate Bulter Bay on the northwest side of St. Croix. These trees are published in the book.

Oooh and ahh as America caps its 249th birthday with dazzling fireworks on the National Mall in D.C. See patriotic ...