Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the nonprofit North East Trees plant a tree in the Imperial Gardens public housing development in Watts in August 2021.

Community organizations are planting trees in long-neglected neighborhoods to cool them down. These efforts are aiming to create healthier, more sustainable environments across Southern California.

Lightning strikes kill millions of trees each year — but it turns out that some large tropical trees can not only survive a strike, but also benefit from its effects, according to a recent study. The ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In 1978, when I moved to this property, it already had six trees, each approximately 40 to 50 feet tall. They could have been in place since 1936, when the ...

Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Winter has ended dramatically across Australia’s southern states, as fierce winds and storms usher in ...

We are in the middle of a very hot summer. As I was mowing the yard this weekend, I stopped to take a break in the shade of the swamp chestnut oak tree in my front yard. I started thinking about the ...

Fake trees have been around for longer than you might think—but how do they compare to real trees when it comes to sustainability and your health? In some countries, artificial Christmas trees are ...

Once a popular landscaping choice, the Callery pear tree, specifically the Bradford pear cultivar, is now facing bans and eradication efforts due to its invasive nature. While lauded for its beauty ...