“What trees do in their own quiet way is allow us to think about scale,” writes Verlyn Klinkenborg in the introduction to “Wise Trees” (Abrams, $40). “In our world, we’re dwarfed, outlasted, even ...

Climate change experts and urban foresters tell us that planting trees is one of the most significant ways that we, as individuals, can help battle climate change. Trees do so much — they cool the ...

Landscape photographers Diane Cook and Len Jenshel spent more than two years traveling the world to discover its most remarkable trees. These are not only trees that are the biggest or oldest, ...

"What trees do in their own quiet way is allow us to think about scale," writes Verlyn Klinkenborg in the introduction to "Wise Trees" (Abrams, $40). "In our world, we're dwarfed, outlasted, even ...

It’s something that’s in the news a lot these days: Water-wise landscaping. But what exactly does that mean for San Diegans and how do you know what plants will work for this kind of gardening?

Not long ago, two Americans caused a scene in a Mozambique village. Locals were mystified by the tourists spending several days photographing a single tree. "Sometimes we have to explain to people ...

A meteorologist can track a storm today using satellite or pulse-Doppler radar data. A weather historian can track a storm from a century ago using records—watching it crawl across the plains through ...