It’s often easy to make assumptions about living things, but nature has a way of showing us that there are always exceptions ...

Chris Pine gets a lot of scripts sent his way, but when Rachel Lambert’s “Carousel” landed on his proverbial desk it was like he’d stumbled on something from a different ...

One activity I enjoy while standing next to a conifer is to rub my fingers across the needles, inhale the fragrance, and ...

There is a small opening outside my bedroom window where I can look from my bed for a few moments most days and ease my way into the morning. The view is just a small gap through the curtains where I ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Tree trimmers worked limb by limb Monday to clear a massive tree that snapped at its base along Cooper Road in northeast Columbus, knocking out power to more than a thousand people ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – As the holidays are winding down, the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal is reminding Ohioans to keep fire safety in mind by removing dried-out trees from ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Christmas trees can have all sorts of themes. But one inside the Ohio Governor's Residence and Heritage Garden carries special significance. It shares a message of hope and resilience ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Vast swaths of the ponderosa pine forests that blanket Colorado’s Front Range mountains could turn rust-colored and die over the next five years as pine ...

PENINSULA, Ohio -- If you’re hunting for that perfect Christmas tree and dreaming of the old-fashioned experience of heading into the woods to chop one down, that’s a rare find these days. But at ...

Winter may seem like a season of stillness, but science tells us a different story. Even in the quiet winter months, the natural world buzzes with activity. Insect migration patterns shift, animal ...

The University of Colorado Boulder has acquired a rare Wollemi pine tree, a tree species that lived alongside dinosaurs and was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in Australia in 1994. CU ...