In an innovative study in southeastern Finland, researchers submerged 1,500 spruce trees in Lake Saimaa to analyze their influence on aquatic biodiversity. After a three-year period, the findings ...

As Northwest Indiana hacks away at the backlog of fallen trees from summer storms, tree experts said trees still standing require some TLC.

Tree ring scientist Ceci Martinez says cottonwoods killed by border wall crews are at most 146 years old, not 200. They are ...

An army of treelike creatures called Ents marches to war in the second The Lord of the Rings movie, The Two Towers, walking for miles through dark forests. Once they arrive at the fortress of the evil ...

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present and surface delightful treasures. Sign up here. Trees can seem like timeless beings.

Nature classifies all trees into three main groups. Deciduous trees shed leaves seasonally. Evergreen trees remain green year-round. Coniferous trees reproduce using cones. These categories explain ...

Watching trees change through the seasons and grow larger as time passes is a poetic symbol of the enduring impact a person has made in this world.

A growing body of research shows the many ways trees improves our mental and physical health. There's a push to understand more. It's well known that trees help counter climate change by soaking up ...