In the largest study of its kind, researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History have used data from a 120-year-old program managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to quantify the effects ...

Trees have long been appreciated for adding beauty, shade and a sense of refuge to our cities. Urban street trees offer a host of ecological benefits, too: combating the heat island effect and ...

Researchers have found almost identical patterns of tree diversity across the world's tropical forests. The study of over one million trees across 1,568 locations found that just 2.2% of tree species ...

In a new study, researchers used more than 5 million measurements from individual trees across much of eastern North America and showed the rate at which introduced species are spreading has increased ...

Whether you're using them for ornamental landscaping, growing fruit, creating shade, or all three, trees play an enormous role in the design of your yard. And you don't have to get exotic with your ...

The trend is clear: the wealthier your neighbourhood, the more likely you will be surrounded by trees. A CBC News analysis of data from the City of Montreal and Statistics Canada shows the higher the ...

The chance that a human being like you will be struck by lightning is minuscule. But what if you’re a tall tree in the tropics? “Lightning happens in milliseconds. We can’t predict where it’s going to ...

Q: A row of mature maple trees runs along the back of the condo property adjacent to the patios at the rear of each unit. These trees are part of the common elements and are well away from most of the ...

Wood carcasses litter the hill in South Common Park that flanks the STEM Academy at the Rogers School, after several newly planted trees had their boughs stripped and trunks snapped during a vandalism ...