Giant trees deep in the mountains of Taiwan proper are a vastly undervalued carbon sink, and could face extinction in the next two centuries, a team of Taiwanese forest surveyors who found the ...

Secrets about how giant trees grew in reverse can be found in fossil imprints of their roots. Micro-CT scanning shows that the roots were growing tip-to-tail like shoots. Stigmaria (meaning "little ...

Compare plans tailored to your home & budget. Tree roots are a primary cause of sewer line damage for homeowners and can drain your bank account. If your pipe collapses due to root intrusion, it can ...

WATERVLIET, N.Y. — Volunteers and students partnered with Capital Roots to plant 50 trees in the City of Watervliet for Earth Day, highlighting the importance of caring for the environment through ...

An effort to upgrade Cherry Hill's image more than a half-century ago lives on today in hundreds of cherry trees blossoming along a township road. For a few days each spring, the trees erupt with pink ...

That piled-up look traps moisture and invites pests—here’s the right way to mulch. Mulch volcanoes harm trees by trapping moisture, suffocating roots, and attracting pests. Proper mulching means a 2-3 ...

A young living root bridge, barely a decade old, is seen from the deck of a much older root bridge on the same riverbed. Five months after I shot this photograph, monsoon rains triggered a landslide ...

Large trees often develop surface roots that can damage sidewalks, mower blades, and tree health. Mulch 2–3 inches deep to cover roots safely and reduce maintenance without harming the tree. Never cut ...

Cutting down a tree can be quite an arduous undertaking, and how to kill a tree stump is a bit of a mystery. But if a tree is long in the tooth (or…branch?) and threatens to fall over, cut down it ...

What is more important to planting trees? Not much. So let's do it right. As a new home owner I am trying to create the foundation of my garden that will last for years to come. So planting evergreen ...