How Trees Defined America
Historian Erik Rutkow argues in a new book that forests are key to understanding how our nation developed and who we are today
June 14, 2012 |
By Amy Crawford
Seeking the Origins of Amber
By studying the chemical signatures of living trees, Smithsonian's Jorge Santiago-Blay intends to reconstruct ancient forests
August 2011 |
By Megan Gambino
The Great Georgian Fruit Hunt
Sent to the Caucasus by the U.S. government, Malli Aradhya forages through orchards and markets in search of the perfect specimen
November 08, 2010 |
By Alastair Bland
Climbing the Tallest Trees
A select group of adventurers climb the world’s tallest trees to learn more about the wildlife that lives on the highest branches
March 31, 2009 |
By Peter Beland
What's Killing the Aspen?
The signature tree of the Rockies is in trouble
December 2008 |
By Michelle Nijhuis
A Pox Upon the Kauri
New Zealanders rally to save their much-loved, 2,000-year-old national symbol
October 2007 |
By Debora Vrana
Chestnutty
Wielding cutting-edge science and lots of patience. James Hill Craddock hopes to restore the ravaged American chestnut tree to its former glory
September 2004 |
By Susan Freinkel
Saving the Music Tree
Artists and instrument makers have banded together to rescue Brazil's imperiled pernambuco, the source of bows for violins, violas and cellos
April 2004 |
By Russ Rymer
Apples of Your Eye
Fruit sleuths and nursery owners are fighting to save our nation's apple heritage...before it's too late
November 2002 |
By Tim Hensley
Palm Plight
Assaulted by myriad threats to their survival, palm species around the world face the likelihood of extinction
August 2002 |
By Mike Grudowski
New Light on Diversity
Holes in the canopy mean opportunity for new trees, but only if they are already waiting in the wings
May 1999 |
By John P. Wiley, Jr.
