In 2002, Crater Lake National Park ecologist Michael Murray thought the park’s majestic whitebark pine trees were as good as ...

A popular product used by home fruit-tree growers in days past was a spray known as “dormant oil.” Gardeners would apply the spray to leafless trees in late winter to kill overwintering bugs and bug ...

Our gray days and white snow seem to dominate our winter, but with observation, you will notice that some of our plants ...

Conifers are a group of cone bearing plants that produce seeds without flowers or fruit. Almost all conifer species are trees, while a few are shrubs. Conifer forests dominate much of the Northern ...

ZWICKAU – Pine needles from forests in Saxony, Germany are being used to create textile yarn which is completely compostable, according to researchers at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences ...

In 2006, the American Ornithologists’ Union (AOU) took a closer look at the western bird known as the “blue grouse”and reclassified it into two separate species: the sooty grouse and the dusky grouse.

On a cold winter’s day, with the sun dipping in and out of the clouds, we walked the neighborhood to admire what many people call pines, trees that are green year-round. Actually, those evergreens ...

A few weeks back, a “brands vs. trees” graphic caught my attention and I played along. Naming the logos came easily, and I quickly identified six out of six logos correctly. Then came the leaves and ...

Abstract: Accurate determination of the needle tip location is critical not only to the success of the lumbar puncture procedure, but also to the reduction of complication rates. The interaction force ...