Cities are seeking low-cost ways to ease the heat island effect. Researchers found benefits and trade-offs in two popular ...

The white dogwood ( Cornus florida) is perhaps the most well-known white flower tree. There are around 60 species of dogwoods ...

After a strong thunderstorm moved across Massachusetts, utility companies and tree crews were out surveying the damage left ...

Granted, it wasn’t as egregious as a recent case in Nantucket. But when my husband and I dealt with a neighbor who cut down ...

Cheyenne Ingel, a scientist with the Desert Research Institute, says there’s a lot going on in a tree. She explains that ...

A pile of Russian thistle, or tumbleweeds, tangled up under a stand of western Joshua trees on the Transition Habitat ...

Ornamental shrubs are one of the most widely used plants in the suburban landscape of the Kansas City Metro. The diversity of ...

An elephant’s strength is so great that it can take down trees simply by tugging at the branches with its trunk. A video from ...

Trees have been snapped and tossed, only to land on houses, vehicles and power lines, resulting in considerable concern among ...

Planting trees has long been touted as a major tool in the fight against climate change. And on the surface, that makes a lot of sense. After all, there’s a lot of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, ...

WAIT ON WEED KILLERS: Avoid using most lawn weed killers on your lawn now. High temperatures increase the chance of ...

Hawaii County’s fire chief says his department did what it could to discover if there were any victims — alive or dead — in ...