The exhibit includes an illustration of the first Christmas tree in West Virginia, which appeared in Clarksburg in 1829.

“This here is a fir that would be classified as a Charlie Brown tree,” Greg Williams declared, of a spare little cutting of balsam fir. “But prune it severely the first year and you can make a good ...

It's hard to overstate the importance of trees. Their debut more than 300 million years ago was a turning point for Earth, helping transform its surface into a bustling utopia for land animals. Trees ...

Many people who celebrate Christmas have already decorated their own evergreens this year. But shortages of Christmas trees and price hikes have also become somewhat of a holiday tradition. Here’s a ...

Christmas has come early this year for lovers of E.H. Shepard‘s iconic Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations. Mark Burgess has created a new suite of drawings in the style of Shepard, featuring Pooh and his ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaves are the food factories of the tree. Powered by sunlight, the green ...

Many of the best artificial Christmas trees are on sale for Cyber Week, including our best overall pick, the National Tree Company Douglas Fir. For more deals, check out our roundup of the best Cyber ...

A team of physicists at Grenoble University in France discovered that trees make different sounds when they are starved for water versus when they are simply thirsty. We hear from Dr. Alexandre ...