MY YARD IS FULL of eastern white pine trees, and every three years or so, it is full of pine cones. This is one of those years. Pine cones have fallen all over the yard, the sidewalk, the driveway.

WITH TALKS ABOUT GLOBAL TEMPERATURES RISING IN SOME AREAS, THERE’S A LOT OF FOCUS ON WAYS WE CAN ADAPT. AND THERE’S NEW RESEARCH GIVING SCIENTISTS A BETTER IDEA OF HOW TREES ARE ADAPTING. EDIE: YEAH, ...

Today in Illinois, we have very few native conifers; the fact that these cones can only be found where humans have planted ...

The Outside Story Last summer, I regularly passed a stand of towering white pine trees at Camp Plymouth State Park in Ludlow, where I live and work. Most days, I saw at least one hairy woodpecker, a ...

WATERVLIET, N.Y. (WRGB) — Police in Watervliet are investigating a stabbing.It happened Thursday evening near 5th Avenue and 19th Street.Details are limited at Mother demands justice after son ...

One of the simplest examples of how plants adapt to ensure that their species survives is found in pine cones. Evergreen trees that produce cones are called conifers. There are more than 600 species ...

Pine cones, in a way, made Minnesota what it is today. In the state's early colonial history, our towering white pines became the backbone of the lumber industry that Minnesota's major cities were ...

A white pine rises into the sky on a tract of land belonging to John Rajala Thursday, October 13, 2022 near Grand Rapids, Minn. CATHY WURZER: The State Capitol Christmas tree is now in the Capitol ...

Whitebark pine, an iconic but rare species of pine tree that can be found at high elevations across central Oregon’s forests, will start to receive special protection after it was listed as threatened ...