Laura Moss is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience writing about science, nature, culture, and the environment. If you’ve ever encountered a bent tree while hiking in North ...

Our Christmas tree has a knee. “A crooked tree for a crooked year” was my sales pitch when we spotted the bent ponderosa pine on the snowy downslope of Pike National Forest.First just my 6 ...

Yes, it might be a bit cold for hiking this time of year -- but some like it frosty, and some like discovering nature's wonders as the leaves hibernate. However, if you come across a bent tree in ...

HURST -- Living history doesn't get any more "living" than this: a post oak, likely over 150 years old and bent by Native Americans for use as a trail marker. Steve Houser is a North Texas ...

They might tell you of brave Comanches, point to a water source, or mark the way to a grave, low-water crossing or a hunting site. One severely bent tree in Holliday, Texas, might tell you those ...

When we first found a home we loved in Bent Tree, we weren’t sure we would fit in. ... I learned the names of numerous cats and dogs along the way, occasionally chatting with their people too.