GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil, I saw this Texas mountain laurel growing at a local business. It had these very unusual fan-shaped growths that appeared to be part of the plant.

Spruce trees are popular choices for landscapes. Blue spruces are especially attractive for their color and shape. However, they are not problem free. Our Horticulture Hotline often receives calls abo ...

To the Editor, As the anniversary of a massive brushfire approaches, it's time we learned our lesson. On April 14, 2023, a human-set brushfire in Exeter burned more than 200 acres of ...

For hundreds of years, the Amazon has been exploited for its gold. Today, the precious metal is just as sought after, but the ...

However, in the absence of distinct seasons, most tropical trees don’t create growth rings, which can be counted to determine the year they were formed and analyzed for chemical content. But the ...

A study of tree rings in the Gaspesie's Sainte-Anne River area reveals that snowpacks have been declining noticeably in the ...

But after months of short-term drought across Arizona, the stream gently rippled by on a February outing. The water level was ...

I finally got XAI Grok 3 to admit that tree planting, if scaled correctly, can be a complete and permanent solution to the ...

But trees didn’t yet exist during the Silurian ... and even larger unbranched tubes with faint structures similar to growth rings. No extant fungi have tubes like this inside them—let alone ...

The national nonprofit Old-Growth Forest Network recently added the 114-acre nature preserve in Michigan’s Newaygo County to its registry of older forests. Land management at the site will focus on ...

Out of all the planets in our solar system beyond Earth, most consider Saturn’s beauty to be the most spectacular, with a set of rings that have inspired curiosity for hundreds of years. In the 17th ...