A study of over 275 violins suggests that Antonio Stradivari used wood from high-altitude forests in northern Italy to craft some of his most renowned instruments. By Katherine Kornei Katherine Kornei ...

“That being such a significant event in the city of Pittsburgh, it seemed like a wonderful opportunity,” says Wyle, who also wrote the episode. “When I started researching it, the aspects of it that ...

Perhaps the most remarkable feature of all species, living and extinct, is their extraordinary interconnectivity. Each species on Earth can trace its roots back to the same cluster of ancestral ...

A Kenyan woman, Truphena Muthoni, beat her own world record, hugging a tree continuously for 72 hours at the foot of Mount Kenya. Her “silent protest” was meant to hold authorities and a complacent ...

Pyromancer took the lead in the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby with a pace-stalking victory Dec. 17 in the second leg of the series, the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki Racecourse. The Pyro colt ...

A mother of two and accomplished anesthesiologist was found dead inside the walk-in freezer of a Dollar Tree store in Florida, according to authorities and reports. Police officers responded to the ...

A new documentary contains zesty character studies of competing New York City tree vendors as they prepare for the holiday season. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

TV viewers first met the Targaryens in HBO's "Game of Thrones" and have gone deeper with the silver-haired dragon riders in the saga's prequel series, "House of the Dragon." However, those who've read ...

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 ...

You’ll find a lot more sand than trees in the Sahara Desert, but that doesn’t mean they don’t occasionally crop up. Here’s the story of the Tree of Ténéré, as well as a couple other famous trees found ...

HAMLIN TOWNSHIP, MI – Learn about the three Bs of wintertime tree identification during this guided walk at a Michigan state park. While leaves are a useful tool for pinpointing tree species during ...

In the Indian Ocean, the Yemeni island of Socotra is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. More than a third of the plant species on the island don’t exist anywhere else on the planet. That ...