On my birthday, we drove into the Mojave Desert to look at Joshua trees. I thought they were strange, and old, and wanted to see them close up. They’re pretty strange, at least to the eye of an old ...

Trees aren’t lawyers. They just don’t care about property lines. This was recently drawn to my attention by a politely irked neighbor, whose tree complaint prompted me to look around my property — and ...

Can trees really communicate with each other or with other plants? Melina Sempill Watts’ debut novel Tree tells over 200 years of history in California’s Santa Monica Mountains from the perspective of ...

Every spring on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the cherry trees bloom to the delight of millions of visitors. Some of the trees, though, because of rising waters of the Tidal Basin, decayed ...

They're probably the biggest symbol of the importance of protecting the planet, and they also play a huge role in stopping climate change. But trees are more than just a tool to help the human species ...