A pair of Fox Chapel area Eagle Scout hopefuls are seeking the highest honor in scouts through nature projects. Josh Lowe, who recently graduated from Fox Chapel Area High School, is in the process of ...

A few weeks ago a reader suggested I write about beech leaf disease, but I said it wasn’t that big a deal. Then I went for a ...

Located in Pennsylvania, there is a short yet remarkable trail within a state park that has a mossy path that feels like it ...

If your ash tree’s canopy is thinning, bark is flaking off in patches, or woodpeckers are suddenly interested in your trunk, ...

Have you ever paused beneath a towering oak or maple and wondered if that rough, gnarled bark is hiding secrets? What if I told you ... Read more The post What Tree Bark Can Tell You About Local ...

Poison hemlock contains the chemical compound coniine, a poisonous alkaloid. Although mentioned in Anglo-Saxon medicine as early as the 10th century, overdose produces paralysis causing ...

Some trees across Prince Edward Island are dying as the population of spruce bark beetles surges because of stress and damage caused by post-tropical storm Fiona in 2022. Experts say the beetles’ ...

Jake E. Lee is, understandably, widely expected to play his staple hit, Bark at the Moon, when he joins Ozzy Osbourne at the blockbuster Back to the Beginning gig next month – but the electric ...

Learn how trees use massive amounts of water through the process of transpiration for the benefit of themselves and the Earth.

Aerial surveys show large swaths of dead trees in Arizona and New Mexico, like these ponderosa pines on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Overgaard, Ariz.

Pine trees are one of the most common coniferous species in North America. Learn how to identify the types found in the United States and Canada.

The dinosaur skeletons, found hidden in a museum collection in Mongolia, is an ancestor of the mighty tyrannosaurs.