An ecologically sensitive portion of Joshua Tree National Park will be closed this week due to extreme wildfire risk as a heat wave is set to broil the region over the Fourth of July holiday. The ...

Lahaina's 151-year-old banyan tree is recovering after a devastating wildfire swept through the town in Maui, Hawaii last August. Thanks to the tireless efforts of arborists and dedicated volunteers, ...

Only a very small percentage of a dormant mature tree is biologically living. The rest of the tree is composed of non-living, structural wood cells. This means that very little of a tree's woody ...