As the festive season approaches, evergreen conifers like spruce and pine adorn homes worldwide. But while Christmas trees ...

The oak is often a symbol of solidity and permanence, but the secret of the tree’s success may be in its ability to adapt and ...

Fruit trees. Now through winter and into early spring is when Eureka lemons are ready for harvest. You will find a few Eureka ...

Terpenes can play a wide range of beneficial ecological roles: they can protect plants from hungry predators and parasites, ...

Winter poses challenges for every living thing, two of the most crucial challenges being to obtain enough water and nutrients ...

La Brea Tar Pits scientists have identified a previously unknown juniper species as Juniperus scopulorum, commonly known as the Rocky Mountain Juniper. The successful identification, along with the ...

Fossilized plant remains discovered near a Utah ghost town have stumped scientists, who are unable to link them to any modern ...

A 2011 peer-reviewed study found that a two-meter artificial tree produces around 40 kilograms of CO₂ emissions, more than 10 ...

A U.K. electricity generator is winnowing U.S. sites for wood-burning power plants that pump their emissions underground.

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, where’s your instruction manual? Here’s how to make the most of your Christmas tree ...

In films or during a concert, under hundreds of spotlights or in the privacy of their own homes, many celebrities have put ...

Whilst equally pleasing to the eye, “the opium poppy’s power does not reside in its beauty”. The white latex of the opium poppy contains far greater quantities of potent narcotics than that of the ...