The historic tree is alive, but it lost some of the record height that made it the tallest Douglas fir in the world. Volunteer tree climbers Damien Carré with Oregon Tree Care in Oregon City and Logan ...

This essay is part of Finding Beauty, a series on discovering joy in the unexpected. Growing up, I had an enormous pine tree in my backyard in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. It stretched above the roof of my two ...

British archaeologists recently found the remnants of a 17th-century house where Isaac Newton’s mother lived, not far from the site of his famous apple tree. The National Trust announced in a recent ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Robin Westman lived in a quaint home on a quiet, tree-lined street in Minneapolis — less than a mile from Annunciation Catholic Church where he shot 17 people, killing two young children ...

Named for its distinctive rust-colored tail, the red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is the most common hawk in North America. The red-tail prefers open country and seeks out high perches like ...