These skyscraping superstars are the stalwart examples of their species Trees have many interesting features and uses, but it's perhaps their height that inspires the most reverie. Humans may have a ...

With summer around the corner and temperatures still cool, this is a great time to think about planting shade trees. If you have a larger property, you may have room for trees over 30 feet tall, which ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. California's Redwood National Park is known for its outsized trees, ...

Researchers standing next to the tree at Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Nature Reserve look small by comparison. Peking University A newly discovered cypress growing in Tibet is now the tallest ...

Big Lonely Doug is a sight to behold—achingly beautiful yet incredibly sad. The thousand-year-old, two-hundred-foot Douglas Fir stands in the midst of a vast clear-cut on the rugged west coast of ...

A lot of our native trees are on the small size. This works very well for small backyards and patios, but sometimes you just need a tall tree to provide lots of shade and to draw your eye upward to ...

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. THIS TREE BEHIND ME AT THE INTERSECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA AND BROAD IN STORY CITY MAY NOT EVEN BE THE MOST IMPRESSIVE CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE TOWN ANYMORE. IT’S NOW RIVALED BY THE ...

It feels like everything is bigger at Costco, and it’s not just true for the oversized pantry and personal care essentials. Costco’s plant selection is especially big (not to mention beautiful!), and ...

A sugar maple tree that has watched over a New Hampshire home for more than 200 years and was one of the largest of its kind in the United States is coming down because of safety concerns. As a small ...

Amy Maetzold is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She started her journalism career in Wisconsin where she was a producer at NBC15 and Spectrum News 1. Before coming to KCAL, Amy covered news in ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...