Question: We noticed a difference in the oak trees. Which one greens up first with the glossy leaves and which one produces all the fluffy stuff? Answer: Most years there it is a matter of weeks ...

The following is an extract from our nature newsletter Wild Wild Life. Sign up to receive it for free in your inbox every month. I want to introduce you to two ancient organisms on different sides of ...

The handsome chestnut oak was being choked to death by invasive vines. English ivy and wisteria with stems as big as tree trunks themselves were twisting around the tree branches and sapping the ...

In 2013, the city of Melbourne in Australia issued ID numbers and email addresses to its trees in order to allow citizens to report threats to trees' health and to guard them from vandalism. The ...

A forester from Germany became a nature rock star a few years ago with a book that challenged notions many of us hold about trees. The first time I read his book, it made me smile at the facts and ...

The recent stormy weather has reminded all of us that it does not have to be hurricane season for us to be concerned about how our trees will hold up in windstorms. In Florida, strong thunderstorms, ...