A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations. UC Davis ...

In the stateline region, we know trees don’t have it easy. Between heavy, wet snow, ice storms, summer heat, and strong winds rolling across open ground, trees in Rockford take a beating year after ...

When we think of amazing trees in the United States, our minds might go to the Pacific Northwest with its temperate rainforest ecosystems where Douglas fir and Western red cedar thrive. Or maybe we ...

When I was a child, my dad planted a sweet gum tree in our Florida backyard. The tree grew quickly in the sandy soil and became a great tree to climb. The many branches provided easy-to-reach “rungs” ...

Tim DeBruicker, businessman, farmer and preservationist, died March 10, 2026. He was 77. And for 60 years or so, the owner of a black 1930 Ford Model A coupe his brother gave him when he was a ...

It’s no secret that Oregon is home to some very big trees, but at least one of those trees is something of an open secret, hidden behind one of the Oregon coast’s biggest attractions. Visitors to the ...

Each year, my Master Gardeners and I field a variety of gardening inquiries, but usually trees take the top spot in causing worry, concern, and interest from our community. Because of this, I think a ...

The North and South Porticoes of the White House are lined by Ionic columns, a style recognized by its elegant scroll-shaped capitals, or ornaments, at the top. That could change if Rodney Mims Cook ...

Throughout their lifetimes, healthy forests produce more oxygen than they use, while taking in greenhouse gases via plants and soils. This ecosystem-wide service, called carbon sequestration, ...

Nothing has ever made me feel like more of a withered crone than trying to explain what was wrong with us in the early aughts. Why did our society think Jessica Simpson was fat? Why did we think ...

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 ...

This aerial view reveals a remarkably well-preserved classical temple nestled within a quiet archaeological landscape. The symmetrical rows of Doric columns support a weathered stone roof standing ...