Pando, also known as "The Trembling Giant", is one of the planet's most incredible organisms. The word Pando means "I spread" in Latin, a fitting name for the massive one-tree aspen forest. This ...

We are in the middle of a very hot summer. As I was mowing the yard this weekend, I stopped to take a break in the shade of the swamp chestnut oak tree in my front yard. I started thinking about the ...