We were pushing through head-high willows along a brushy caribou trail, five days into our week-long trek across Alaska's Noatak valley, when my hiking partner, Brad Meiklejohn, startled me with a ...

A potentially devastating disease epidemic is attacking our region's most common evergreen trees. Colorado, Black Hills and Norway spruce have long been planted in yards and shelterbelts. Most of the ...

How trees fare under drought depends heavily on their past experiences. In some cases, adversity breeds resilience: Spruce trees that experience long-term droughts are more resistant to future ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 68-foot tall spruce tree from Sault Ste. Marie has been selected as Michigan's 2025 official state Christmas tree, the Michigan ...

From the State Capitol to the cathedral to the mansions of Summit Avenue, St. Paul is full of beloved buildings. Then there’s the forest green, tree-shaped, tile-clad building at the corner of ...

The “world’s most famous Christmas tree” this year was donated by the Russ family of East Greenbush. WAMC’s Samantha Simmons was there as the spruce destined for Rockefeller Center was cut down. Judy ...