Female (left) and male spruce cones at the Arnold Arboretum. It's a more common sight to see separate male and female cones like this. (Courtesy William "Ned" Friedman) Every spring the conifer trees ...

The trees surrounding Wheatland tower overhead, yet in one corner, the plants can be crushed by the tiniest feet. Here, in the dwarf conifer garden, a circle of twigs surrounds a 5-inch tall ...

The forest has a few more inhabitants after Haywood Community College students donning hard hats made quick work of planting about 300 trees on Sept. 25. On a field trip with their silviculture class, ...

As climate change drives more frequent and severe wildfires across boreal forests in Alaska and northwestern Canada, ...