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Ali frets for the future of the age-old olive tree.
trees

In Palestine, Protecting One of the World's Oldest Olive Trees Is a 24/7 Job

Salah Abu Ali often sleeps beneath his ancient charge.
Jason Ruffin March 6, 2020
Coast redwoods in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California.
forests

Can Redwoods Save the World?

Not by themselves, but the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive is out to show how they can help.
Elizabeth Svoboda March 5, 2020
Gate into the walled garden.
Ireland

The Autograph Tree

This Copper beech tree nestled on a nature reserve is host to a bevy of autographs from Irish literary icons.
Alnwick, England

The Treehouse Restaurant at Alnwick Gardens

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.
An aerial image of Baa Atoll in the Maldives, a coral island group not far from Kaashidhoo.
islands

Thousands of Trees Are Disappearing From Islands in the Maldives

As developers build artificial islands to attract tourists, they're also uprooting trees from nearby atolls.
Anuradha Varanasi February 6, 2020
The recently dated Pitsenbarger Farm in Franklin, West Virginia, is on the state's list of endangered properties.
forests

Why Trees Are the Most Reliable Historians of Early America

Dendrochronology doesn't just work on forests. It works on buildings too.
Isaac Schultz January 23, 2020
Austin, Texas

Treaty Oak

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.
A wiliwili flower in full bloom.
insects

Can a War of the Wasps Save Hawai‘i’s Wiliwili Trees?

It's a classic good wasp/bad wasp situation.
Sabrina Imbler January 15, 2020
The Moreton Bay Fig Tree.
Santa Barbara, California

Moreton Bay Fig Tree

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.
In gallery forests, sohisika may attain a height of around 60 feet and a diameter of about three feet.
forests

How Four Madagascar Villages Battled a Blaze to Save Their Trees

Two hundred men and women fought to protect the last wild sohisika trees.
Erik Vance January 1, 2020
It's hard to picture Joshua Tree without its goofy namesakes, but they're in trouble.
art

The Art and Science of Falling in Love With Joshua Trees

"HeyJTree" is built like a dating site, but it matches readers with the charismatic, threatened plants.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 26, 2019
Humboldt County, California

Avenue of the Giants

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
From the air, the <em>Archaeopteris</em> root system (left) and possible <em>Stigmarian Isoetalean lycopsid</em> system (right) look like long-dry rivers.
forests

Fossilized Roots Are Revealing the Nature of 385-Million-Year-Old Forests

Welcome to the ancient woods of Cairo, New York.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 19, 2019
The tree in London's Trafalgar Square is already the butt of jokes.
trees

Don't Blame Cities' Giant Christmas Trees for Being Droopy and Bald

If they're Norway spruce, that's just their nature.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 17, 2019
The living bridges are vital in the rainy season.
bridges

Toward a Better Understanding of South Asia's 'Living Bridges'

Human and plant, working together.
Isaac Schultz December 16, 2019
Essex, England

The Gilwell Oak

The history of this famed tree ranges from an 18th-century highway robber, to the Scout Association.
Madron, England

Madron Well

Legend says this ancient pagan site can cure all ailments.
This Big One
Kaukauna, Wisconsin

This Big One

The remnants of this Douglas fir predate Columbus's arrival in North America.