Did you know trees help improve water quality in streams, rivers, and lakes by reducing flooding and minimizing chemical/sediment runoff? The tree’s leaves act as a large umbrella capturing rainwater ...

The very same tree from which Isaac Newton came up with the law of gravity is still alive and thriving in Woolsthorpe Manor, England, in Newton’s family home and where he spent his childhood.

Picking out a Christmas tree is an annual right of passage for many that marks the beginning of the Christmas season in Connecticut, but a combination of factors, including weather and inflation, ...

If you've lived in your home for many years, it's easy to feel sentimental about your yard: the Japanese maple that your parents gave you as a housewarming gift, the tulips that emerge around your ...

Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? As a scientist who studies branching patterns in living things, I’m starting to think so. Piet Mondrian was an early 20th-century ...