Most animals have their own version of tree rings. Here's how we biologists use them to help species thrive
We have a natural fascination with time—how landscapes have been carved over millennia, how our bodies grow and sag with age, ...
Scientists analyze branch patterns in trees and art, from da Vinci to Mondrian
The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie ...
Art and science illuminate the same subtle proportions in tree branches
The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a ...
Balancing past and present on spectacular St. John
St. John, one of the trio of the U.S. Virgin Islands, is often described as the last untouched paradise. Spanning just 20 ...
The Essex town at war over a 150-year-old 'majestic' oak tree
EXCLUSIVE: An oak, dating back to the Victorian era in the Essex town of Wivenhoe, is being shielded by campaigners even ...