An international team of scientists has discovered an extreme spike in radiocarbon corresponding to the year 12350 BC during the dusk of the last Ice Age. However, the strength of the event could not ...

Two physicists from the Technical University of Denmark have found that leaf shape is a determining factor in the distance ...

Shape and symmetry help determine where a leaf lands — and if the tree it came from can recoup the leaf’s carbon as it decomposes.

“If you miss this sales cycle, you have to wait the entire year. Nobody wants a Christmas tree after Christmas,” says Michael Shaughnessy, senior vice president of supply chains at Balsam ...

FORKS, Wash. – The "Tree of Life" in Olympic National Park has become a symbol of resilience over the years, but recent photos show that this bastion of beating the odds may be coming to its end.

These fast-growing evergreen conifer trees are native to the Himalayas and Afghanistan but can be seen in abundance on Altadena's beloved Christmas Tree Lane and throughout the neighborhood.

Arbor Day is April 25, marking a day of hope and appreciation for trees and all that they bring to the environment for those who celebrate. Trees help to reduce the erosion of topsoil caused by ...

The trees were festooned with fairy lights at Christmas, lending a seasonal appearance to the street. Dalkey, which has an active Tidy Towns Committee, subsequently emerged as the overall winner ...

Residents on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island cast their ballots ... nation's most remote polling booth are nailed to coconut trees. The booth opened on Wednesday on the Cocos ...

Bradford pear trees give off an unpleasant odor, though they do look pretty. Bradford pear trees are an invasive species, and their beauty is one of the problems. Have you gone on a walk around ...

Brown University Health is renovating the former Christmas Tree Shop in Middletown, Rhode Island, to become a new primary care facility. The new facility will replace the previous primary care site on ...

British troops “may have been” used in human radiation experiments ... blood-tested and x-rayed while serving in the laundry at Christmas Island and later lost his son to a lung deformity ...