The most visible of these weird Berkshire trees started me down this path. Outside the entryway to MASS MoCA is Natalie Jeremijenko’s installation “Tree Logic” (1999) where the artist has suspended ...

The hummingbird tree, Sesbania grandiflora, is a most unusual tree. With vibrant blooms that appear bird-like, hence the name ...

Scientists have uncovered the oldest fossilized forest, dating back 390 million years. The ancient forest was made up of the first trees to ever grow on Earth – bizarre “prototype” trees ...

In the world of plants, most use sunlight and soil to survive. But some have a very different way to live. Carnivorous plants ...

He said that while plants this ancient are generally strange-looking, "this is the top of the heap in terms of an unfamiliar-looking tree." Fossilized tracks of rare 320-million-year-old animal ...

Q. My 20-something-old redbud tree has developed lichens on the trunk, which is a first. Do I have a problem and is there anything I should do? I have another one in the yard which doesn’t have ...

Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano in Tanzania and Africa's tallest mountain.