Keep an eye out for these signs of squirrels before they do serious damage.

Shoveling in single-digit temperatures after the colossal winter storm this weekend, I dumped mounds of snow onto my garden ...

Lichens survive in a very wide range of habitats worldwide. Amazingly, more than 400 species can be found in Maryland.

A two-part workshop on winter tree identification is scheduled for Feb. 12 and Feb. 14 at Spring Mill State Park. The sessions, led by Janet Eger of the White River Forestry Committee, aim to teach ...

At dawn and dusk, forests often appear muted and nearly monochromatic to human eyes. Since the 1970s, biologists have ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — After the city removed nearly 200 pine trees from public parks and golf courses due to bark beetle infestations, Spokane homeowners need to know how to protect the pine trees in their ...

Winter can be a tough time for gardeners and lovers of beautiful foliage and flowers. With so much of nature lying dormant, often under layers of snow or ice, the colorful blossoms of spring and ...

On the northwest corner of Manito Park, dozens of ponderosa pines appear to stand strong. Joggers and dog walkers weave through the towering trunks on their morning routes, and gray squirrels run ...

One of the things I’ve never understood is why so few landscape contractors and nursery workers wrap the trunks of newly planted trees. It could make a giant improvement in the survival rate of their ...

A new study carried out in Australia finds that the bark of common tree species holds diverse microbial communities, with trillions of microbes living on every tree. The research determined that many ...

When we think of bark on a tree, we tend to compare it to the skin of a human. The primary function of both bark and skin is to protect the material within and beneath it. In Grade 7, we learned that ...