When temperatures plunge and the air goes painfully still, people in northern forests sometimes hear a sharp crack that ...

Amid a deep freeze that has settled in across much of the country in the wake of this past weekend's winter storm, social ...

Where there’s a tree, there’s usually a forest. But not always. A biologist describes some of the loneliest trees on planet Earth. When we think about isolation in nature, we usually picture islands ...

Forecasters warn an extreme winter storm could trigger rare “exploding trees” across the Upper Midwest as temperatures plunge ...