Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 years ago, an ancient pine tree in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz is thriving. Known as the “miracle tree,” this giant conifer now draws devotees from ...

Pep Canadell receives funding from the National Environmental Science Program - Climate Systems Hub. The climate benefits of planting trees may have been greatly overestimated, but swift action could ...

Summer is coming to a close, although you can’t tell with this week’s weather. Around Edmonton, you may have noticed that some trees are already changing colours, but that isn’t because they’re ready ...

Scientists have found that a single tree can be home to a trillion microbial cells — an invisible ecosystem that is only beginning to be understood. A black oak in the Yale-Myers Forest of northern ...

The Doerner Fir tree, one of the world’s tallest, caught fire and has sustained damage that could lower its global ranking. The fire has not yet spread to the surrounding coastal Oregon wilderness but ...

A woman who was found dead at a Winnipeg hotel more than a year ago has been identified by her family as Melanie McKay, days after a new sketch of the previously unidentified woman was shared with the ...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (UPI) --Tony Hale and D'Arcy Carden say their characters in Sketch, in theaters Wednesday, are close to themselves in real life. Hale plays Taylor, a father to two children, with ...

LAHAINA (KHON2) — Nearly two years after the devastating wildfires swept through Lahaina and Kula, one of Lahaina’s most well-known landmarks has made a significant comeback. The 152-year-old banyan ...

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LOS ANGELES, July 30 (UPI) --Sketch, in theaters Aug. 6, is a clever and poignant original family adventure. It delivers on magic and wonder but also imbues those elements with relevant themes. The ...