It’s raining while I write this. A steady soaking rain that brings the world of plants out of dormancy and into life during the spring. In a rush of budding, sprouting and flowering, trees are taking ...

While we anxiously await the results of the state’s annual Arbor Day poster contest (sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the U.S. Forest Service and MA Tree ...

Legend has it that trees talk to each other. You might have even pondered if a falling tree goes unnoticed in an otherwise empty forest. This magical image of talking trees — seen in movies, mythology ...

For centuries, humans have wondered if trees are more than passive bystanders in nature. Do they sense? Do they communicate? Some researchers think so, but a new study claiming that spruce trees "talk ...