Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One thing I love about living in the age of the internet is that old students can keep in touch much more easily than when I was ...

I recently received the following questions about plants. Q. Can you tell me what could have made lumps on the trunk of a tree my wife and I found in the Smokies? The lumps range from baseball-size to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Have you ever noticed an abnormal growth on the trunk of a tree that looked rather tumorous -- all bumpy and wart-like? Examples can be seen on random trees just about anywhere.

On a Thanksgiving visit to Giles County, Va., we met Allen Neely, a true mountain man who shared his passion for tree burls. A burl is an abnormality in which bud cells have grown in a chaotic manner, ...

One or more vandals are cutting chunks of sought-after wood from maple trees in Corvallis’ Willamette Park. Officials say the illegal poaching will likely kill the trees. The burls, rounded masses of ...

One thing I love about living in the age of the internet is that old students can keep in touch much more easily than when I was young-via email or social media. Recently a highlight in this kind of ...