The trees exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen with the atmosphere through little “mouths” in their leaves and tiny “windows” in their bark. Flowering cherry trees in spring at the New York ...

The bark of a tree is its own protection against the weather. While we shrug on a coat when it’s wet or cold, a tree will grow its own to insulate itself, keeping moisture out when it’s raining and in ...

And what’s going to happen to the seed trees if we do leave them? Are they going to be just further fodder for a legion of bark beetles?” The consensus among participants was that this single ...

He visually inspects each acre to pinpoint problem spots where bark beetles may be moving in and killing trees. Nuggets fire head coach, GM with three games remaining before the playoffs “When ...

I’m still old enough to remember when strawberries were a rare treat. When I was a child growing up in the 1980s on the outskirts of London, they appeared for a month or so to herald the arrival ...

Tests on a drug made from tree bark have produced 'conclusive' evidence that it can help beat tumours, scientists revealed yesterday. Combretastatin, which has been hailed as a potential cancer ...

Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares (6,178 acres) of new woodland created in the west of England as part of a "national forest" drive, the government has announced. The Western ...