It depends on how you define "sleep," but trees do relax their branches at night, which might be a sign of snoozing, scientists said. In the only reported study to look at tree siestas ...

An unrecognizable One Tree Hill child star has left fans "starstruck" years after disappearing from the spotlight. Grace Holcomb, now aged 20, played baby Jenny Jagielski in the hit teen drama's ...

In many cities, the streetlights run all night — but what does this mean for the plants and animals that live there? Scientists tested Japanese pagoda trees and green ash trees in Beijing to see ...

Focusing on two common street trees—the Japanese pagoda and green ash tree—at 30 sites spaced apart among main roads illuminated at night, the researchers measured brightness and collected leaves.

There is a tree in Somalia that’s unusually leafless all year round, even when it rains. With no other trees growing nearby, it stands more than seven feet tall on a dry and stony patch of land.

Trees "Sleep" At Night Too. Almost all organisms are ruled by the day/night cycle of Earth. In humans, and many other mammals and birds, this is dominated by periods of wakefulness and sleep.

It was a night of comings and goings for the good, beautiful people of Tree Hill — emphasis on the goings. Peyton (Hilarie Burton) may not be on One Tree Hill anymore, but the Jan. 18 episode… ...

A gingko tree stands outside my bedroom window in Brooklyn. For seven months a year, I see nothing but leaves and sky; at night, the fan-shaped leaves cast flickering shadows on my walls.

FRITZ MÜLLER, in a letter to me from Sta. Catharina in Brazil, dated August 9, supports the view which I have advanced with respect to leaves placing themselves in a vertical position at night ...

Leaves give off reflections, too, but those off the apples are circular. Advertisement The system isn’t perfect – it missed as many as 20 per cent of the apples, and reported false positives.

It’s easy to see that some plants change from day to night—flowers open and close, and even turn to face the sun. In 1880 Darwin noted that the leaves and seedlings of various plants appeared ...