Mixing tree species can lead to better growth in the forest—at least above ground. A new study published in Nature shows that ...

For trees, lightning strikes are the great leveller. Stick your neck out by growing taller than the rest, and you risk getting zapped into oblivion. Hundreds of millions of trees suffer this fate ...

His Toyota Sienna’s resale value is dead. Patrick McFarland killed it the moment he took a jigsaw to the roof and cut a twelve-inch hole. But for this Penn State meteorologist, the sacrifice was worth ...