Trees can be a magnificent addition to the yard. Depending on the type, they can offer privacy, shade, gorgeous fall colors, and even fruit or nuts. However, there are a number of things to consider ...

This has been a long, hot, wet summer and soon fall will be around the corner. Between cycles of afternoon storms and intense heat, this summer has been especially stressful on our trees. Lately there ...

Some green dreams for Toledo are turning into more of a brown reality. Trees planted by the city earlier this year are already dying. It looks like autumn in some parts of Toledo, as some trees that ...

You might already know about many different kinds of plants you shouldn't grow right next to your house because of the possibility of causing damage. Certain trees and shrubs can cause harm to siding ...

The Giving Tree, a problem-plagued Tucson charity for the homeless, is shutting down. The 14-year-old nonprofit tried to rebuild after a 2009 Arizona Daily Star investigation found that it served ...

Trees are indeed a way to cool our cities, as Carlo Ratti writes (Opinion, August 21). However, an urban tree’s root system has to survive when faced with the challenges of concrete, plumbing, ...

THE neighbours of a Cotswolds village church face being slapped with a £70,000 bill in a dispute over a 250-year old tree. Richard and Melanie Gray are embroiled in an unholy row after being told ...

Tree seeds from Hiroshima have been planted - and taken root - in Leicester to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender after the Second World War. Hiroshima was one of two Japanese cities that ...

An elderly couple have been ordered to chop down a 250-year-old tree or face a £70,000 bill after its roots 'damaged a vicarage' in a historic Cotswolds village. Richard and Melanie Gray, from Lower ...

Two “mature, healthy” oak trees could be felled at the request of an insurance company which states they are implicated in subsidence. The oak trees, which are located on Willow Drive in Billingshurst ...

The Tijuana River sewage crisis has been raging for decades. It’s one of the most pressing environmental emergencies in the region. Southern California beaches are forced to close regularly due to ...

The first half of the scientific name for the fiendishly fickle cocoa tree means “food of the gods”. By the time Theobrama cacao was christened by Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish naturalist, in 1753, wealthy ...