How do you determine the age of a tree? Just count the rings, of course! One ring equals one year of growth. If you’ve ever stumbled upon a tree stump you may have even done it yourself. But if you’re ...

How do you determine the age of a tree? Just count the rings, of course! One ring equals one year of growth. If you’ve ever stumbled upon a tree stump you may have even done it yourself. But if you’re ...

The old apple tree leans over the adobe wall like an old woman reaching out for support. Its gnarled branches are bolstered by ropes and wooden sticks. With its springtime blossoms still just a ...

In a recently published paper, PhD student Ellen Waddle and her coauthors provide some clarity on a decades-old problem When researching what drives the growth of small populations, ecologists ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The giant tulip and two other trees at Wooster Square Park, declared dangerously rotted out by the ...

Europe's oldest officially dated tree has been uncovered in Greece, and despite living more than a millennium (and counting!), it doesn't look a day over 200. The tree, dubbed "Adonis" by the ...

A debate has emerged around a Chilean tree that may be 5,000 years old. A scientist in southern Chile believes he's found the world's oldest tree, a Patagonian cypress he says is over 5,000 years old ...