Extinction is an overwhelming concept, difficult to grasp in its enormity and finality. Thousands of species are barreling ...

Scientists are tracking the spread of beech leaf disease through Vermont's forests. The disease, caused by a microscopic ...

Near the bottom of a shady hillside in Jericho, a lone beech tree stretches high into the canopy, a relic of a bygone forest.

Through luck or (hopefully) genetics, this mighty tree has avoided contracting beech bark disease—a fatal fungal pathogen ...

Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered tree quietly holds a staggering secret — it’s nearly 5,000 years old.

In urban settings like parks and yards, numerous challenges threaten tree health and longevity. Environmental or abiotic ...

Llywelyn Hall said: "The Totems to the Charter are the silent witnesses; the ancient veteran trees that were around at the ...

What started with an initiative to plant 100 trees on campus became the foundation for the arboretum, a comprehensive program ...

Forty-six percent of tree species in Mesoamerica are threatened with extinction. Researchers hope a new regional study will ...

Amanita muscaria — better known as the fly agaric — is an introduced fungus that is believed to have come into Australia on the roots of pine plants. The species, which is toxic to people and pets, is ...

Much of Maine's coast hosted shady stands of red spruce before it was heavily harvested and succeeded by sun-tolerant species ...

Dan Llywelyn Hall has painted four works depicting trees from the time of Magna Carta and Charter of the Forest.