In fantasy worlds, trees like the Lord of the Rings’ Ents are agile and mobile. In the real world, they’re slow.

“Oh my God, we’re floating,” Ruffin Boyett realized. The campers had to make a quick decision. “The flood started getting ...

Tropical trees are dying faster than ever, and it's not just heat or drought to blame. Scientists have uncovered a surprising ...

Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV, the new leader of the Catholic Church in Vatican City, has a family tree that shows Black roots in New Orleans.

The first American pope's grandparents identified as Black, records show. Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New Orleans ...

Fox Chapel residents blocked in by trees, sitting in the dark Trees that once lined the roads of Fox Chapel are now blocking them.

The scene features a golden wheat field under a swirling blue sky, with tall, dark green cypress trees in the background. (Image: VincentvanGogh/Org) ...

Northern Ireland’s Dark Hedges trees, made famous by Game Of Thrones, are “coming to the end of their natural lives”, a new trust which is taking over management of the site has said.

The Dark Hedges, the famous trees outside Armoy in County Antrim, are "coming to the end of their natural lives", a heritage trust has said as it prepares to take over their management.

Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they follow relatively simple mathematical rules also found in branching patterns in nature.