Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the nonprofit North East Trees plant a tree in the Imperial Gardens public housing development in Watts in August 2021.

When you admire a towering oak or a vibrant maple in your backyard, you’re only seeing half the picture. Beneath the surface ...

Trees are essential to our survival—from making oxygen so we can breathe, to cooling urban environments, to literally holding the ground together to prevent erosion, trees do so much for us—there ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It has long been reported that green space and access to it can lead to positive health outcomes, especially in urban environments ...

The Eiffel Tower was not, at its birth, universally admired. The fact that it was supposed to be temporary did not mollify the people who disliked it, chief among them the short-story writer Guy de ...

Community organizations are planting trees in long-neglected neighborhoods to cool them down. These efforts are aiming to create healthier, more sustainable environments across Southern California.

Lightning strikes kill millions of trees each year — but it turns out that some large tropical trees can not only survive a strike, but also benefit from its effects, according to a recent study. The ...

While many fruit trees can be grown indoors —including kiwis, avocados and limes —not every variety will thrive. Whether it’s ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In 1978, when I moved to this property, it already had six trees, each approximately 40 to 50 feet tall. They could have been in place since 1936, when the ...

It turns out that trees can actually explode when temperatures drop. Trees can explode during extreme cold due to sap expansion when it freezes. Oak, maple, and fruit trees with high moisture are most ...

Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Winter has ended dramatically across Australia’s southern states, as fierce winds and storms usher in ...

GREENVILLE — After Tropical Storm Helene turned trees across the Upstate into weapons, the anticipation of the pending winter storm comes with concern and questions about how the damage could play a ...