A recent University of Chicago alumni magazine highlights a quote by novelist Amitov Ghosh: "There is no forest. They’re all gardens of one kind or another.” During this grim winter season, trees in ...

Nature classifies all trees into three main groups. Deciduous trees shed leaves seasonally. Evergreen trees remain green year-round. Coniferous trees reproduce using cones. These categories explain ...

The autumn has arrived and northeastern North America’s forests will soon grace us with a breathtaking palette of reds, yellows and golds. These vivid colours will then fade, giving way to bare ...

We look for the first hints of fall in October, but it's not until late November and early December, that we really begin to see leaves change color and commence to fall. Once it starts, it seems the ...

It’s autumn in the Northern Hemisphere – otherwise known as leaf-peeping season. Now is when people head outside to soak up the annual display of orange, red and yellow foliage painted across the ...