When it comes to laying eggs, tree frogs have some unusual habits. Instead of always laying their eggs on tree branches where they usually live, they often lay their eggs on the ground. But why would ...

Trees can die suddenly or quite slowly. Fire, flood or wind can cause a quick death by severely damaging a tree’s ability to transport water and nutrients up and down its trunk. Sometimes a serious ...

Jen asked: I have a lot of dead branches on the inner part of my ash tree. Is this a sign that it has Emerald Ash Borer or something else that causing the tree to die? Does it help the tree to remove ...

Bald Cypress swamp at Atchafalaya basin in Louisiana. When is a tree not a tree? We often think of urban trees as simply poles in the ground, islands unto themselves, but they are ecosystems all their ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Temperatures are finally dropping and leaves are changing color. Autumn is progressing well in my opinion. Before you know it winter will be here, and some people will be ...

Orange cankers and cracked bark on chestnut trees may signal a destructive fungal disease that spreads more easily than many ...

Forests are vital ecosystems, and each individual tree plays an important role. Just take forests like the Amazon rainforest; in the past, it’s been considered a carbon sink, which has helped absorb ...

Spring is in the air, and with it, allergies, tank tops, sandals before the weather is warm enough, and, of course, trees in bloom, blessing your various timelines with snowy white flowers against a ...

Around the world, there are huge tree-planting initiatives happening. Their aim is to restore forest landscapes, as having more trees provides livelihood benefits, enhances biodiversity by providing a ...

People around the world instantly recognize a decorated fir tree as a symbol of Christmas. But, as it turns out, historical evidence to explain when, and where, people started using trees to celebrate ...

Christmas is over and the annual question arises: when do you toss the tree? Do you rush yours out of the house by New Year's, wait till after the first of the year, or do you put it off till all the ...