A creepy bat-like drone can crash into trees, perch and fold its wings around to hug it to keep it in place. The gliding-winged robot, called PercHug, could be used for inspection, maintenance ...

Aspen’s history is a dense saga – a multiple-plot short story that can bewilder the reader trying to follow all of the action. Its human players have been and still tend toward the colorful, creative ...

Ask the Master Naturalist: By any name — aspen or popple — these trees thrive in Minnesota In Minnesota we have two native aspens — quaking aspen (populus tremuloides) and bigtooth aspen ...

Young aspens often don't survive because of factors such as grazing elk, according to a study by Northern Arizona University researchers.

An initiative to save one of Scotland's most endangered species of tree has been launched in the Cairngorms National Park. Aspen provides a vital habitat for rare wildlife, plants and fungi and is ...

From leggy palms that "walk" through the rainforest to African teaks that "bleed" bloodlike sap, here are eight trees guaranteed to creep you out.

Please shed some light on this conundrum: my aspen trees have broken out with a bad case of acne. Well, not all of my aspens, just a few. And not all of their branches, just here and there. Come ...

It may come as a surprise to know that the U.S. Forest Service says that wildfires can be necessary for aspen trees to thrive in Colorado.

Many aspen or poplar trees in the Northland, like these in Grand Rapids, sprouted few leaves this summer after producing a bountiful crop of fluffy white seed. The trees may be reacting to last ...

Change is happening everywhere, but it’s how living things adapt that counts — a perfect example of this is aspen forests. A new decade-long study by University of Wisconsin researchers reveals how ...

Wednesday night’s snowstorm ravaged leaf-filled trees in the midvalley, contributed to a few motor vehicle accidents, triggered a rare October snow day for the Roaring Fork School District and ...