In anticipation of a hotter, drier climate, foresters across the Pacific Northwest have been testing new species of trees.

While artificial Christmas trees might be the popular choice during the holiday season, nothing beats the smell of a fresh balsam fir. But new research out of the University of New Brunswick shows the ...

Instead of traditional toys and tinsel, there are sweets and garlands of dried fruits tied with ribbons: the Russian style ...

In just 200 years, the fir tree has transformed Danish Christmas traditions, forming the basis for songs, stories, rituals ...

The debate between real Christmas trees and artificial ones has been going on for decades. Artificial because they are easy and reusable. Real because well, they are real and fill the house with a ...

If you celebrate Christmas, you probably have a decorated tree set up somewhere in your house. As a kid, the tree in my house was a dusty old artificial model that had to be assembled branch by branch ...

Police say municipal staff inspected the site and found the trees were left standing but had been cut around their bases, likely with a chainsaw. Many of the trees that were cut were older-growth ...

German researchers are studying using an overhead solar PV system, designed to be removable and reusable, as a sunshade for young fir trees. The pilot, located at a quartz sand excavation site, will ...

The world’s tallest Douglas fir is damaged but alive after burning for nearly a week in Oregon. On August 21, arborists climbed the famous 327-foot-tall tree known as the Doerner Fir and used a hose ...

A fir tree which found itself at the centre of a feud between the 'pettiest neighbours ever' has become an unlikely tourist attraction. The tree was at the centre of a three year long dispute between ...