The earliest known hand-held wooden tools have been uncovered by researchers at an archeological site in Greece.

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – There’s wood carving, and then there’s serious wood-carving. The Rio Rancho Observer reports the city is paying wood sculptor Mark Chavez $5,000 to turn a dead tree trunk at ...

CHELMSFORD — The trunk of the towering beech tree on the Town Common that was taken down last November will also be removed but kept in storage. The town had planned to keep the massive trunk in place ...

When you see mushrooms or other fungi growing out of the trunk of a tree, pay attention. It’s a sign that the wood inside the tree is decaying. “It’s something you want to have a professional look at ...

A: As a tree gets older, the woody tissue of the trunk and limbs divides into two zones: heartwood and sapwood. Heartwood cells usually contain tannins or other substances that make it dark colored ...