We’ve all seen giraffes gracefully sauntering across the savannah in wildlife documentaries, their impossibly long necks ...

Giraffes are the tallest animals in the world. Reaching heights of 18 feet and weighing over 4,000 pounds, the giraffe is ...

All aloes have succulent leaves which enable them to withstand periodic drought ... Aloes feature on stamps, coins and logos and are arguably as iconic in Africa as flat-crowned acacia trees. Many ...

Shape and symmetry help determine where a leaf lands — and if the tree it came from can recoup the leaf’s carbon as it decomposes.

For the first time, scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered, living tropical tree species. The ...

Their idea, which grew to a reality, was to have a tree with leaves that symbolized the number of births at the hospital during the previous year. Each month has different colored leaves ...

Keep your camera at the ready. At Finch Hattons Safari Camp in Kenya, a tower of preening giraffes might strike a pose next ...

Our top 30 Australian native plants including grasses, desert plants, shrubs, ground cover, succulents, herbs and food plants ...

A New Hampshire boy is heading home after spending months in the hospital recovering from being hit by a falling tree.Kyle Murray, 12, was celebrated by nurses Thursday as he was discharged from ...

Q: Most years, my hawthorn tree gets lots of brown patches on the leaves. It always seems to grow normally, though, so I wonder if this is a disease I need to worry about? A: Although hawthorn ...

Amid an ongoing dispute with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources over access to public land to tap maple trees, Mark and Melinda Spinler, both 65, worry they may have produced their last ...