Scientists in Australia spent five years peering into the microscopic world of bark, emerging with a description of a place ...

Don't stress if you have a tree that's not looking its best in the bark department. You can save a tree with damaged bark by first assessing the type of damage. Once you know the severity, you have a ...

The seasons are changing from fall to winter, and one of the major changes to the environment is that the deciduous trees have lost their leaves. Evergreen trees may still have green needles, but all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trees produce antibodies against harmful fungi. But bark beetles absorb these antibodies and use them to their own advantage. And ...

When you're looking for plants for your landscape, you probably think about blooms and foliage, but here's a shrubby tree ...

Just before the first snow, I went for a walk in the woods near our house. It’s a damp and mossy mixed wood full of the usual suspects: cedar, white pine, balsam, birch, beech, the occasional maple ...

I know - I know, nothing sounds more boring than tree bark. But, what in the landscape can you see and enjoy outside this time of year? The snow and evergreens are beautiful together, the stark ...

Scientists are uncovering a hidden ally in the fight against climate change and air pollution: the microscopic communities living on tree bark. Far from being an inert shield, bark turns out to be a ...

Trees are known for capturing carbon dioxide as they grow. But they also soak up other gases implicated in climate change through microbes in their bark. The tree bark microbes feast on hydrogen, ...

Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that help scrub the air of greenhouse and toxic gases. The study, titled "Bark ...