Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Deep in the heart of Crete, where myth intertwines with ...

If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.

Trees can be identified in winter by observing their needles, bark, branching patterns, and buds. Distinctive bark, such as the smooth gray bark of a beech or the peeling white bark of a paper birch, ...

A freshman seminar encourages students to behave differently in the world and feel more passionately about biodiversity.

Nearly two feet of heavy, wet snow is taking its toll on the city’s already-beleaguered pin oaks and Norway maples.

It decimated magnolias, oaks and other species in wealthy suburban enclaves, rural communities and urban parks.

Christmas trees are big business out West, but a hotter climate means challenges for tree growers. John Tillman owns Tillman Christmas Trees and has acres of Noble, Nordmann, Fraser, Korean and ...

Social media posts warning of "exploding trees" in subzero temperatures are mischaracterizing a phenomenon known as frost cracks. Frost cracks form when water inside trees freezes and expands. As a ...

Hold on to your Halloween decorations. It's time for tinsels and the big Rockefeller Christmas tree reveal. Real estate giant Tishman Speyer announced Monday that the 2025 Rockefeller Center Christmas ...