Winter is beautiful in its own pale ways, but when lush, leafy trees suddenly stand bare and stark against gray skies, an ...

Scientists are investigating the reasons some plants still wear last season’s tattered clothes.

When most of us think about trees, we tend to focus on the external benefits that delight us: red maples ablaze in fall, the pink haze of spring cherry blossoms or the ripe bounty of an Italian plum ...

Three of my most prized trees are the oaks we planted in our front yard shortly after we moved. They share our front yard with a black gum (Nyssa sylvatica), red twig dogwoods (Cornus sericea), witch ...

An apple may not fall far from the tree, but for a leaf, it depends on its shape. Elm or apple leaves — oval and symmetrical, with few protruding lobes — fall quickly, making them likely to end up ...