Within a shrouded New Zealand forest, a tree stump keeps itself alive by holding onto the roots of its neighboring trees, exchanging water and resources through the grafted root system. New research, ...

In a rainforest near Auckland, New Zealand, a leafless kauri tree stump rises a few feet off the ground. These trees can become giants: The country’s biggest, Tāne Mahuta, or the “Lord of the Forest,” ...

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A tree stump that should be dead—but isn't—has been discovered in a forest in New Zealand. The kauri tree stump appears to be surviving by feeding on its neighbors resources, holding onto their roots ...

WINNSBORO, S.C. — Residents on Lake Wateree say a safety issue is now visible ever since Duke Energy lowered the water levels last year. Those residents say they are working together to eliminate the ...

A LIVING STUMP sounds like something out of a horror movie. In fact, it is not unusual for a tree, deprived of its trunk and foliage by lightning, disease or a lumberjack, but still possessed of roots ...