It is a very important task, but one that can come with a lot of risks attached. Pruning tree branches is done for many ...

When pruning it's essential to keep your secateurs sharp. Blunt tools can cause branches to tear, leading to wounds on the tree that will attract disease. It's also important to have a pruning saw ...

We have moved two picks to the competition. We’ve set up enough artificial Christmas trees to know that there’s no single best artificial tree. They come in dozens of species, shapes ...

Your concerns are justified — a tree's limbs face the risk of breaking as the fruits they bear get larger and heavier. Some trees protect their branches from this type of damage by shedding a ...

Every tree tells a story, but some are beyond eloquent, holding memories, embodying belief, marking sorrow. We hold trees in our imagination, where they grow in strange, wonderful ways in forests ...

Wooden branches such as this are pretty common, but it doesn't do much damage but can serve as a weapon in a pinch. Easily obtained by chopping down small trees. Branches can be lit on fire and ...

Investigators said the tree was “blown over by gusty winds." A 12-year-old boy is dead after a tree fell on him while he was playing with a friend in his backyard, authorities said. The incident ...

Should you choose an artificial Christmas tree or a real tree? While real trees smell amazing, they require a lot of work (cue the iconic Christmas Vacation tree-cutting scene), they shed needles ...

There are different rules in different countries about how many and what type of trees you can cut down. There are also lots of tree planting schemes to make sure we replace the trees we lose.

A man in his 30s died on Sept. 12 after being struck and trapped under massive falling tree branches on a pedestrian path in Hino, western Tokyo. Local officials reported that at least six ...

I was very proud of him at that point," he said. Crews have since taken away the bleachers and tree branches. Van Alstyne said falling tree branches aren't something coaches usually fear in a ...

"Every tree planted in an urban forest represents a choice that somebody made, a goal they had in mind, or a feature they liked and wanted to have around," Maggie Koerth writes. Above, trees along ...