Silent observers of our lives, trees are on most peoples’ radar only at moments of transition or death: We mark springtime’s budding and autumn’s flamboyance, note somberly the tree felled by a storm ...

“When I look at a tree, especially an old tree ... It makes me feel like everything’s gonna be okay,” Drake says of his passion ...

These organisms have played an important role in how our world was shaped, and they can even record history. Here are some interesting facts about trees. 1. I think that I shall never see an organism ...

The woods I know best, love best, are made of Northern hardwoods, sugar maple and white ash, timber-tall; black and yellow birch, tiger-skinned; seedlings and saplings of blighted beech and striped ...

What are your trees trying to tell you?

One cold afternoon in the autumn of 2018, in a forest outside the tiny village of Hümmel, in Rhineland-Palatinate, I went for a walk with the German forester Peter Wohlleben. He’s a tall man with a ...

Few things are as rejuvenating as a walk through a quiet glade of trees. This seems like a good time to take a break and take a stroll through nature. Before you step out, though, enjoy this ...

Want to do something good for the Earth? Plant a tree. This common belief, once an inspiration for Earth Day T-shirts, now forms the basis of a booming global industry. As countries try to meet their ...

City trees lead difficult lives. A lot of things are trying to kill them, particularly the trees planted on sidewalks: Tightly compacted soil with high alkaline content makes it harder for them to ...

Every year between September and December, Lubna Dada makes clouds. Dada, an atmospheric scientist, convenes with dozens of her colleagues to run experiments in a 7,000-gallon stainless steel chamber ...