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The recession is downsizing everything — even South Carolina's Statehouse Christmas tree.
New York City's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is almost ready for the holidays.
An 85-foot blue spruce soon will embark on a long journey from the mountains of northeastern Arizona to Washington, D.C., to stand as the Capitol Christmas tree.
Mark Widrlechner is out to save a species from extinction. It's the native ash tree, and although it provides $25 billion worth of timber and decorates backyards across North America, an unstoppable bug has slowly killed millions of trees in 13 states and could cause the species' ultimate demise — unless Widrlechner is successful.
An Idaho woman who was skewered in the neck by a tree limb while driving with her husband along the Lochsa River is recovering at home.
A Fraser fir from West Virginia will be the Christmas tree displayed inside the White House this year.
A U.S. Forest Service employee is dead after being struck by a falling tree as he helped clean up a marijuana growing operation in eastern Oregon.
On naked patches of land in western Canada and United States, scientists are planting trees that don't belong there. It's a bold experiment to move trees threatened by global warming into places where they may thrive amid a changing climate.
Money doesn't grow on trees, but a tree-care supervisor in New York City's Central Park found an old wallet inside a dead one.
What some see as the biofuel of the future starts out as short, thick stems with a few leaves sticking out at sharp angles. But in just a few years, they will be tall, leafy trees with bright green spherical pods spilling their seeds all over the ground.
The towering tree is believed to have been Adolf Hitler's gift to the occupied town of Jaslo — planted to the sound of a Nazi band during World War II.
A North Carolina man whose 13-year-old son died after being tied to a tree overnight has entered a plea to second-degree murder in which he acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him.
Strong winds have knocked down a tree on the White House's North Lawn.
A fire chief in northeastern Pennsylvania says a small plane is stuck in a tree about 20 feet above the ground but nobody knows who was flying it.
A boy died and two other people were injured by a giant oak tree that toppled onto a home in northwest Georgia, nearly slicing the house in half, authorities said.
Saplings from the tree Anne Frank used to measure the seasons while hiding from the Nazis could be planted in 10 cities around the United States.
It survived the French Revolution and a devastating 1999 storm, but high winds have finally toppled a towering beech tree planted for Marie Antoinette more than two centuries ago at Versailles Palace.
The mortality rate of old-growth forests across the West has more than doubled in recent decades, and those forests are now losing more trees than they gain, according to a new study that identified the most probable cause as warming temperatures.
New York City's most eminent Christmas tree is heading to the afterlife — as lumber for new homes.
A 13-year-old left tied to a tree as punishment for 18 hours in June had been badly beaten and likely died from dehydration and heat stroke, an autopsy report showed.
On Nov. 30, Jason Baer sent out a tweet, or message, on the social networking site Twitter announcing a milestone in his life:
A 10-meter-high (32-feet-high) Christmas tree has been lit in Manger Square. The ceremony began the Christmas season in Jesus' traditional birthplace.
President-elect Barack Obama has made yet another pick, but this time it's not for his Cabinet.
The Vatican's tallest Christmas tree is twinkling in St. Peter's Square.
NN teen survives fallen tree in stormKathy Williams and her family have had to bear an incredible burden brought on by last week's storm" it's just been devastating; the best I can say is I thought we've been through hell," she said"
Wars over Christmas, 2009..Christmas Tree 1..Holiday Tree 0FRANKFORT, Ky. — A spokeswoman for Kentucky Gov.
Boy Killed Trick-Or-Treating Identified - A 10-year-old boy was killed after a birch tree snapped and struck him Saturday evening while he was trick-or-treating with friends
National Christmas tree will display religious ornaments (OneNewsNow.com)The National Forest Service has reversed its policy banning religious oriented decorations on the White House Christmas tree. The ADF - Allied Defense Fund - used the first amendment to get the Forest Service to change its mind.
Woman Hires Hydraulic Lift to Rescue Pet Parrot from Tree"Animal lover Emma Hooper hired a hydraulic lift to rescue her pet parrot Cleo."
Police: Census worker died of asphyxiation When Bill Sparkman told retired trooper Gilbert Acciardo that he was going door-to-door collecting census data in rural Kentucky, the former cop drew on years of experience for a warning: "Be careful."
Fulton logger killed by falling treeFor more than 70 years, trees have sustained the Thompson family in south Fulton County. They have made a living from clearing land and selling timber.
Disappearing tree mystery solvedAuthorities claim to have solved the mystery of a tree that disappeared into a five-metre hole at Vienna's Ringstraße.
Man Hangs Self As Ex Watches On Web Cam -Chilean police say a young man distraught over a breakup with his girlfriend hung himself while she watched over a Web camera.
Fed up with Political Adverts[Manila, Philippines] Among other meanings, "puno" means tree, and Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno won't let us forget it.
The pictures are chilling: A man stands outside of a Town Hall meeting, dressed well and not appearing to be unbalanced, but across his back is an AR-15 rifle, a civilian version of the M4 assault rifle used by our military.
Police: Man Dug Up, Stole Tree From Park - Connecticut police said they've caught the thief who stole a Japanese maple tree worth $1,000 from a Killingly park, and the evidence was extremely strong.
Seekonk selectmen are stumped on this tree problemIt's been more than a year since National Grid took down dozens of trees across Seekonk. Now, at least one selectman wants to know who is responsible for getting rid of the stumps.
Pilot Owes His Life to Biggles After Crashing Plane Into a Tree... Then Walking AwayVince Hagedorn crashed his plane into a tree on a golf course on August 12, 2009.
No gifts, donate a tree TWO lawyers had an unusual request for their guests on their wedding day - do not come bearing traditional gifts. Instead, lawyers Susan de Silva, 50, and Chandra Mohan K. Nair, 60, asked their 200 guests to donate to the Plant-A-Tree scheme.
Virgin Mary spotted in Irish treeReligious fever has taken root in the Irish village of Rathkeale, Co Limerick, after workmen claimed the image of the Virgin Mary appeared in the remains of a felled churchyard tree.
Modern Eco Friendly Tree HousesL.A.-based architecture firm Standard is setting a new standard for modern residential design; one that blends creature comforts with a contemporary, urban edge.
Moron Cuts Tree and Crushes His Porch: VideoDon't try this at home, because you may not have much of a home left afterward.
Woman Killed As Inner Tube Collides With Tree Fish and wildlife officials say a woman is dead after slamming into a tree while being pulled in an inner tube behind a boat. Forty-five-year-old Teresa Fulton of Chuluota was killed Saturday at Mullet Lake Park near Geneva.
Dead animals, toys hung from trees in Fort PierceSeagulls with ropes around their necks, decayed fish and toys were among the items discovered hanging from two palm trees in the 800 block of South Indian River Drive, according to a recently released police report.
Man Bites Python After Being Hauled Up a TreeA Kenyan man bit a python who wrapped him in its coils and hauled him up a tree in a struggle that lasted hours... Farm manager Ben Nyaumbe was working at the weekend when the serpent, apparently hunting for livestock, struck in the Malindi area of Kenya's Indian Ocean coast.
Surgeons find fir tree growing inside patient's lung Russian surgeons found a two inch fir tree growing inside a man's lung as they operated on him for suspected cancer.
Tree splits house in half after man steps outsideOne falling tree saved John Kiefer from another.Kiefer was sitting on his sofa Monday morning while a brief but intense windstorm blew through the Atlanta, Georgia, area, including Decatur. He heard a tree crash in his backyard and got up to investigate.
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