"You're a columnist," the wing-tipped, gray-haired inner voice bellows. "Write about politics. Write about impending disaster. The Federal Reserve Bank. Gunfire. Donald Trump." "It's almost ...

From Estonia to Antarctica, this once-pagan symbol has taken on many strange forms. In December 1848, an illustration showed Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children admiring a Christmas tree ...

Discover how early settlers along Nebraska’s Platte River Valley celebrated Christmas and how today the Stuhr Museum brings ...

Despite repeated mobilizations for tree-planting every spring and autumn, hillsides remain barren as saplings are harvested ...

A criminal investigation is underway after a collection of young willow trees were poisoned on Prince William’s Dartmoor ...

An act of environmental vandalism has struck Prince William's Dartmoor estate, where willow trees planted for ecological restoration have been killed using herbicide. The deliberate poisoning has ...

Life is rarely solitary, yet some beings exist in extreme biological isolation. From a lone, ancient tree in Bahrain's desert to a Sitka spruce on New Zealand's remote Campbell Island, these ...

A growing suburb on the edge of the city will have a new childcare centre, if plans before council are approved.

Illustration of Polynesian Rat, Rattus exulans from an article entitled 'On the New Zealand Rat. (With Illustrations.)', by Walter Buller, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New ...

Trees are vital for life on Earth. They give us clean air to breathe and help cool the planet. Trees also protect the soil, give homes to animals, and provide food, wood, and shade. Without trees, the ...

Tree branches in art throughout history follow geometric rules related to fractal geometry. 'Almond blossom' by Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Do artists and scientists see the same ...