Have you ever noticed how some trees create intricate gaps in their canopy, as if avoiding contact? This fascinating natural behavior is called crown shyness, and scientists are still uncovering why ...

The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.

During their youth, the trees can be sensitive to frost, but they become more tolerant once they reach a height of six to ...

Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires ...

Similarly, most living things produce records of their own existence in layered body tissues – often in the form of daily or ...

The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie ...

The legendary tall hedge is often in short supply. We survey the broader Thuja landscape, searching for other ...

The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a ...

Fennec Fox is a small desert fox that has large ears which help them dissipate heat. These nocturnal animals are native to ...

Join siblings Luca and Melua on a thrilling adventure across the globe!

This oak tree has stood in this very spot since long before he or I walked the Earth. It is early winter when MacKenzie, an atmospheric scientist and director of Birmingham University Institute ...

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