Marking trees are important hotspots of communication for cheetahs: Here they exchange information with and about other cheetahs via scent marks, urine and scats. A team has now shown that several ...

Remarkable research has unlocked new understanding of the mysterious ways trees communicate and share knowledge with each other – and much like in many animal species, the wisdom of age plays a vital ...

Chimps that throw stones at trees and let the rocks accumulate at the base do so because they like the sound it makes—not because the trees are sacred and hitting them with stones is part of an ...

While some Palo Alto residents are upset with the city for preventing the removal of trees from their properties that then have fallen over in recent storms, others are voicing concerns that the city ...

Contractors work on digging up a section of Yandes Street and its sidewalks between Madison Street and Jefferson Street in Franklin Tuesday morning. The city is spending $3.7 million to reconstruct ...

This commentary is by Ron Krupp, author of “The Woodchuck’s Guide to Gardening,” “The Woodchuck Returns to Gardening” and his forthcoming book, “The Woodchuck’s Guide to Ornamentals & Landscape Plants ...

Calling it an “unacceptable mistake,” Glenn Roberts, the City of Palo Alto’s public works director, acknowledged Monday his department “failed to do adequate outreach to the public at large” before 50 ...

With broken trees scattered around them and pale brown water lapping against their porch, Debbie and Dave Whitehead had little to do but wait. “The water isn’t coming up yet, but I'm scared it will,” ...