Science is messy business. Finding the truth is easier said than done.

Dozens of trees at a much-loved city park have been damaged in the "worst example of vandalism" one council staff member has ever seen. Police are investigating after 70 trees were badly damaged at ...

For decades, scientists have relied on tree rings to estimate how long trees can live. But new research suggests that this widely used method may have been underestimating the lifespan of many ...

Discover how lubrication, contamination, and mechanical forces interact like living systems inside industrial equipment.

The goal of bearproofing your camp is to minimize odors that might attract bears, and to set up safe storage areas for food and garbage that are out of reach of bears and are away from your sleeping ...

What became of the settlement that Christopher Columbus' crew built after his flagship ran aground? Clark Moore (in Haiti near the Bay of L'Acul, where the <em>Santa ...

Trees can be identified in winter by observing their needles, bark, branching patterns, and buds. Distinctive bark, such as the smooth gray bark of a beech or the peeling white bark of a paper birch, ...