“The Berkshires has a long history of trees,” Rene Wendell says via phone. For the past seven years, Wendell has worked as a land steward in Western Massachusetts for The Nature Conservancy in their ...

The bark of a tree is its own protection against the weather. While we shrug on a coat when it’s wet or cold, a tree will grow its own to insulate itself, keeping moisture out when it’s raining and in ...

Millicent Harvey's close up of smoke tree bloom. “To know the smoke tree is an experience; but one cannot know it at its strikingly best unless he has seen it in full flush of flower in June or early ...

The National Park Service (NPS) has shared a video of Rangers from Zion National Park reading one-star reviews from Google, with some visitors seemingly expecting it to be a garden, and others ...

For most people, a Christmas tree means a fresh or artificial evergreen decorated with shiny balls and twinkling lights. But did you know that in some places, Christmas trees are not always what you ...

Christmas is approaching fast and people are making their homes feel festive. Christmas trees are easily the most popular decorations at this time of the year, but not everyone likes traditional ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Biologists ...

Low nitrogen availability is the number one limitation to plant growth in most ecosystems. Plants in the bean family and other closely related families evolved a symbiotic relationship with bacteria ...