Chemical analysis suggests the 400-million-year-old fossil Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or fungus – hinting at a ...

Dendrochronologists showed that an ancient wooden road uncovered in southwestern ... Every year a new ring of growth is added to a tree's trunk and branches, just beneath the bark.

The tree arrived at the Museum in six large pieces with numerous smaller fragments, and originally the trunk was displayed lying on its ... and their preserved structures can provide clues about the ...

Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery ... There ...

Jin Hongjun explains tree protection under an ancient cypress at Zhongyue Temple in Dengfeng. WU YANBO/CHINA DAILY Tree healer Jin Hongjun, 55, vividly recalls the painstaking efforts to save ...

Standing approximately 35 to 40 meters (115 to 131 feet) tall, Tessmannia princeps is distinguished by its impressive height and massive, buttressed trunk measuring up to 2.7 meters (8.9 feet) in ...

YAKUSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture—An ancient giant has fallen in the ... it snapped the trunk of a massive tree estimated to be around 3,000 years old. This dates the "Yayoi sugi" cedar back ...

In the heart of Philadelphia, Temple University has become home to a unique living artwork: the Tree of 40 Fruits. Created by ...

"Whoever thought planting them was a good idea deserves to have their car totaled by one in a mild breeze," one woman wrote.

Locals flock to an ancient pagoda in Phayao, believing it holds mystical powers that could reveal lucky lottery numbers.