Trees have long been appreciated for adding beauty, shade and a sense of refuge to our cities. Urban street trees offer a host of ecological benefits, too: combating the heat island effect and ...

Not every tree belongs close to your home. Some popular picks can cause costly problems over time, making placement far more ...

In a new study, researchers used more than 5 million measurements from individual trees across much of eastern North America and showed the rate at which introduced species are spreading has increased ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jacaranda tree in bloom against a blue sky - Simon Mcgill/Getty Images Also known as the fern tree because of its fern-like ...

One of the most important, yet challenging, skills to nail down as a wilderness survivalist is tree identification. Beyond identification, learning how to use the trees to your advantage is another ...

In the largest study of its kind, researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History have used data from a 120-year-old program managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to quantify the effects ...