One thing I love about living in the age of the internet is that old students can keep in touch much more easily than when I was young-via email or social media. Recently a highlight in this kind of ...

As you glance up into tree limbs, perhaps searching for some sign of spring in a swelling flower bud, your sight might be arrested by fat, rounded growths on the bark. On some trees, these hard, woody ...

On a mid-July morning in Corvallis’ Willamette Park, Callie Gunderson’s two-year-old son climbed a maple tree. Gunderson said playing in the park is the best way to encourage him to be adventurous.

I’ve had my eye on this maple in my woods for some time. Not because it’s a beautiful timber tree. It’s only about eight inches in diameter, after all. But, it has an interesting burl about 14 feet up ...

ST. LOUIS — Have you ever wondered what those balls growing on trees are? Well, you’re not alone. They could be quite valuable if you know what to look for. Those mysterious bulbous growths on trees ...

As you glance up into tree limbs, perhaps searching for some sign of spring in a swelling flower bud, your sight might be arrested by fat, rounded growths on the bark. On some trees, these hard, woody ...

I recently received the following questions about plants. Q. Can you tell me what could have made lumps on the trunk of a tree my wife and I found in the Smokies? The lumps range from baseball-size to ...

Adlai Stevenson defined a hypocritical politician as one who would cut down a redwood tree “and then mount the stump to make a speech for conservation.” In a modern twist on that lament, Boston was ...

Park volunteers and city staff are on alert after someone sawed valuable pieces off a tree in an Albany park. Sometime in the past week or so, a tree on the Eagle Trail in Takena Landing Park was ...

This undated photo shows a tree with a trunk burl in Rosendale, NY. The fat burl developing on this tree, which does it little or no harm, is valued by woodworkers for its swirling grain. (Lee Reich ...