As a kid on the farm, I remember seeing a lot of what we called hedge apple trees. Are those still around? — J.H. Yes, hedge apples are still around. However, hedge apple is just one name for these ...

Two years ago I committed myself to a strange if not eccentric project to walk all the streets named for trees in the city of Loveland. To know if any of the namesake trees actually grow along those ...

There is a sycamore in the front yard of my grandparents’ house, the house where my father grew up. It is a giant, towering over the home, the yard, the whole neighborhood. Last spring, when my ...

In some of California’s most remote forests, a quiet tradition has been unfolding for more than a century. Though for redwood trees, some of which predate the Roman Empire, a century may be just the ...

Christmas trees are dead or dying. But some conifers and other trees theoretically could live forever, according to a recent essay that reviews accumulating evidence on extremely long-lived trees—and ...

Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. This year for Arbor Day this year we climbed into the NPR archives to find our favorite arboreal fiction, nonfiction and kids' books. Scroll ...