NEW YORK -- It's a tough time to be a tree. For this Earth Day, National Geographic has focused its lens on humanity's relationship with the world's 3 trillion trees and 10 billion acres of forest, ...

Three giant horse chestnut trees, each over 80 feet tall, stand guard in front of my house. They are gentle giants, producing fragrant blossoms in spring and cooling the house in summer. They vanquish ...

Baraka Kerich, Chief Finance Officer at Gertrude's Children's Hospital, Nyambura Muchemi and Dr.Thomas Ngwiri-Head Of Clinical Services during a tree planting event. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard] While I ...

The jacaranda tree in my front yard started dropping purple blossoms this week, and that means it’s time for my annual column about our love-hate relationship. The blossom-fest is late this year, ...

Dr. Lindsay Branham, an environmental psychologist, scholar, author, Emmy-nominated filmmaker and Aspen Times columnist, originally didn’t know that when you talk to trees, they could talk back. But ...

Trees depend on fungi for their well-being. As climate change and global warming cause higher temperatures and amplified drought, little is known about how these important fungi will respond. To ...

Nature gives rise to fascinating adaptations, which can sometimes lead to organisms living in some strange situations. The relationship between bark beetles, spruce trees, and a type of fungus is a ...