At night, roof rats forage for food and water, traveling along established pathways like tree branches, fences and utility lines to reach fruit trees, pet food or garbage.

Some varieties and young trees are more susceptible to this problem than older bearing trees. There is nothing you can do for the current crop. Next year splitting can be lessened by a balanced ...

The monsoon season is here. Whether or not we get rain is yet to be seen. However, even if we don’t receive the rain, we often experience strong winds. It’s a good idea to inspect your trees and ...

A state of emergency has been declared at the San Carlos Apache Tribe reservation due to drought conditions, according to officials. Terry Rambler, the chairman of the tribe, said he toured the ...

Cottonwood trees disperse seeds via wind, using white, fluffy tufts. This typically lasts four weeks, from late May to late June. The trees are common in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, growing near ...

In Glendale, residents can also leave their trees outside to be collected during the city’s monthly bulk trash collection. Find more information here.

Together, the results illustrate how trees can “remember” times of abundance as well as scarcity. The latter, as illustrated by the spruce study, bodes well for trees’ ability to cope with a ...

In Los Angeles, thousands of trees may now go unplanted. “We’re taking a hit somewhere to close to $2.5 million, which for a small nonprofit is a big deal,” says Aaron Thomas, director of ...

Agriculture officials expect 135 containers of Christmas trees and wreaths to arrive in Hawaii this season. So far, about 88 have arrived, containing just under 46,500 trees, the state said.

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There are some 73,000 species of trees on Earth, according to one recent estimate. The writer Daniel Lewis zeroed in on a tiny fraction of them for his new book, "Twelve Trees." ...