“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now,” or so goes the Chinese proverb. If you’ve ever basked under the cathedral-like canopy of a magnificent old shade tree on a ...

The cooling effect of pollution may have been exaggerated. Fossil fuel burning spews sulfuric acid into the air, where it can form airborne particles that seed clouds and cool Earth’s climate. But ...

Winter 2014 probably will go down as a rough one for some trees. We have seen lots of snow and ice loading lead to broken of branches in large and small trees alike. Just a half-inch of ice on ...

Bonsai is an art form that requires years of training and centuries of dedication. At the 2012 international bonsai convention, a tree was on sale for 100 million yen, just under a million dollars.

The growing recognition of how trees communicate with one another is a 21st century phenomenon which has revolutionised how we think about forests, woodlands and the individual trees which populate ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Red alder is the largest native alder species in North America with a range ...