The list of benefits that trees bestow on urban neighborhoods is long: People who live near more trees feel younger, are happier, and are healthier. But perhaps one of the most important factors in a ...

Fast-growing, drought-tolerant trees are slowly spreading across grasslands on every continent except Antarctica. Given how desperate we are to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, millions of new ...

We continue last week's Mystery of the Murdered Trees. Our investigative reporting is less interested in revealing whodunit than in stopping the carnage inflicted by mowers, trimmers, tree wraps and ...

According to a new report this week by the Pew Research Center, Americans have finally come to an agreement about how to solve the climate crisis: by planting trees. A trillion of them. In theory, ...

Emerald ash borers (Agrilus planipennis) are one of those invasive pests you should always kill on sight. Also known as EAB, they are responsible for the destruction of millions of ash trees in North ...

Climate change shapes where and how we live. That's why NPR is dedicating a week to stories about solutions for building and living on a hotter planet. Trees in the desert are like oxygen at high ...