Located within the Kanas Lake scenic area in North Xinjiang, Hemu is a rather primitive village. Birch trees, which grow among the village, add to its tranquillity.[Photo/icpress] The Birch tree is a ...

Obsessiveness isn't unusual for gardeners. We want everything to look good. That, among many other things, is why we garden. Otherwise, we'd let nature take its course. But I saw something last week ...

It’s great to meet a fellow tree nut. Finola Ó Siochrú is the energy behind the Kinvara Ballinderreen Tree Gang, an alliance of local groups and volunteers which last winter planted nearly 3,000 ...

Every year around this time of the season, Korea’s forests turn into a palette of colors, palpably signaling the onset of autumn and advent of winter on the horizon. Wondaeri Birch Forest in Inje ...

This is a maple tree that still has a few dead leaves on it during winter. - Marcia Straub/Getty Images The sound of the wind gently whispering through tree leaves during the winter might make you ...

We had our first winter snow storm this past weekend, a nice change from the warmer than usual conditions across most of the country. Snow is an important part of our local ecosystems, the plants and ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

WEST AMANA | Michele Maring Miller couldn’t help but smile when the voice on the other end of the phone line said, “Someone told us you did nice winter paintings.” Indeed. Before the caller from ...

There are plenty of twigs about after the recent storms to help anyone keen to learn a bit more about how to identify the tree species of Sheffield. Botanist Gerry Firkins, from Sorby Natural History ...

The robins are back. The leaf buds are squirrel-ear size in many parts of the state, and it is mail time. Lots of readers have questions this time of year, as you can imagine! First up, what to do ...

A woodland in late winter may seem a dreary place, almost by definition. And compared to the delight of seeing the emerging succession of spring flowers, the gorgeous leafiness of summer, and the ...