Throughout Madison County, much of our forest is dominated by a tall, pale-barked tree that grows ramrod straight. Often called “yellow poplar” by loggers and sawmill owners, it’s also known as “tulip ...

Fallen seeds and seed pods can be a major nuisance, but proper identification can make it easier to learn how (and if) you ...

Sycamore and Tulip Poplar tree seeds orbited Earth on the US space shuttle Atlantis STS from Dec. 2 through 6, 1988, as part of a Purdue Extension 4-H project with astronaut Jerry Ross. The seeds were ...

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Lately, it’s been hard to ignore the fluffy, white objects floating around the air in western Massachusetts. They can even accumulate enough on the ground to look like fluffy ...

The largest field-based study of genetically modified forest trees ever conducted has demonstrated that genetic engineering can prevent new seedlings from establishing. The largest field-based study ...

DULUTH — It’s been said that the true meaning of life is planting a tree "under whose shade you do not expect to sit," a hint, of course, that you’ll likely be dead before the tree gets that tall. But ...

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Lately, it’s been hard to ignore the fluffy, white objects floating around the air in western Massachusetts. They can even accumulate enough on the ground to look like fluffy ...