They're natural features that look like they were painted on! Dan Smith is "barking" up the right tree, with the science ...

Two hundred and forty-one years ago, when General George Washington marched back into New York City as British troops were walking out, a volcano erupted in Iceland. For eight months in 1783, Laki ...

Physicists in Europe have quietly turned a classic holiday symbol into a cutting-edge experiment, 3D-printing a tiny ...

A microscopic ‘Christmas tree’ is a seasonal highlight of a remarkable science project that sees a quirky comparison of vast ...

NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Services to fly five species of tree seeds aboard Artemis I, including sweetgums, loblolly pines, sycamores, ...

Science has mixed with holiday magic to safeguard the legacy of a 100-year-old holiday tradition on Fresno’s Christmas Tree ...

The UA has plenty of special features to offer, but one of its more overlooked aspects is its abundant plant life—specifically, that of the Laboratory of Tree-ring Research. UA’s tree-ring lab right ...

Tree rings are not just a great record of a tree’s life, but they can preserve a snapshot of the Earth and beyond at different times. Now Australian scientists analyzing these records have found ...

Trees have special ways to defend themselves against insects, even animals eating their leaves. Learn how trees “talk to each other. Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...

Leonardo da Vinci seems first to have noticed that widths of tree rings vary in wet and dry years, but there is a big gap between his discovery and a history of tree rings that chronicles Midwest ...

Sept. 28, 2024: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Although Ceriporia lacerata fungus causes tree wood to rot, it also has a good side. According to a new study, adding the fungus to agricultural soil allows tomatoes to be grown using much less ...