The Crooked Forest in Poland, located outside the town of Gryfino, has intrigued travelers for decades with its cluster of ...

Ancient fossils reveal how woodless trees got so big: by continuously ripping apart their xylem and knitting it back together. Shawna was an editor at The Scientist from 2017 through 2022. She holds a ...

I’m walking in the Eifel Mountains in western Germany, through cathedral-like groves of oak and beech, and there’s a strange unmoored feeling of entering a fairy tale. The trees have become ...