An international team of scientists highlight the critical role of soil in climate mitigation, raising urgent questions about the long-term consequences of industrial forestry practices.

Maple farms across Western New York are preparing for New York State’s annual Maple Weekend, celebrating the best of the region’s maple confections and ...

A warm body in the rainforest gives off a loud chemical signal. For most mosquitoes, that signal could belong to almost any mammal.

On a trip through Northeast Washington in the 1970s, couple Lynn and Becky Miner fell in love with the stunning nature around them. Twenty years later, the couple bought a 100-acre tree farm in the ...

Animals at the Unity Farm Sanctuary in Sherborn, Massachusetts, are here to help if you need to get rid of your Christmas tree.“If you are near Unity Farm Sanctuary, and have a wonderful organic or ...

Randy and Toni Krone and their adult children continue building the Sangamon County family farm that includes Christmas trees, produce, mini-Highland cows, hogs, corn ...

For Mike Healey, it’s Christmas all year. But somehow, that doesn’t dull his holiday cheer. “I still watch Hallmark movies, you know? I like Christmas. I love it. … It’s great when you see little kids ...

RICHTON — For many Perry County families, choosing a Christmas tree has become more than a holiday errand. It’s a reason to gather, bring children outdoors and reconnect with a rural way of life that ...

Marty Berry and Priscilla Armsby pull a freshly cut Christmas tree at Ellms Family Christmas Tree Farm on Dec. 12 in Ballston Spa. Saplings grow at Ellms Family Christmas Tree Farm on Dec. 12 in ...

Tree farmers and the marketing group that supports them want more Americans to buy live-cut trees. A new Home Depot ad gave them holiday hope. By Kevin Draper Milk had “Got Milk?” Beef had “Beef: It’s ...

Snow clings to Fraser firs at the roughly 90-acre Strautman Tree Farm near Cambridge. Manager Joe Heintz said tree sales at Strautman Tree Farm and others across the state were lower this season ...

You can begin counting down the days til Christmas on your fingers soon. Maybe you are someone who put your tree up for Thanksgiving gatherings, maybe you love to score a deal on an evergreen on ...