“This is an important contribution and one that’s timely,” says Patrick Megonigal, a biogeochemist with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center who is not affiliated with the study. Megonigal ...

The seasons are changing from fall to winter, and one of the major changes to the environment is that the deciduous trees have lost their leaves. Evergreen trees may still have green needles, but all ...

I’ve seen a fungus-like growth on several trees in the neighborhood. It’s a pale gray-green color with a frilly texture, and it coats much of the bark on some trunks. Can we do something about this ...

Microbes living in tree bark consume vast amounts of climate-related and toxic gases, according to new research published Jan. 8 in Science. In the past, tree bark was considered little more than an ...

A reptile found in Madagascar is impossible to tell apart from tree bark by day. For decades, scientists had mixed it up with a relative. By Sofia Quaglia As night falls on the northern forests of ...

Do you ever visit the New Hanover County Arboretum and see a beautiful tree with some unique attributes? Perhaps it’s displaying the weeping form of soft-needled cypress leaves, or the spiraling trunk ...