John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

With severe cold hitting much of the country, some unusual phenomena like "exploding trees" could be on the way. Here's what ...

Viral social media posts say trees can explode in severely dropping temperatures. Experts say the more likely phenomenon is ...

Viral social media posts say trees can explode in severe temperatures. Experts say the more likely phenomenon is known as ...

I came across this tarantula just as it was feeding — perfect timing. It was calm but focused, holding its prey tightly. Seeing it from up close revealed just how detailed and powerful these creatures ...

It is indeed possible for trees to split apart in extreme conditions and to do so quite noisily, she said, typically when ...

A meteorologist warned of the risk of "exploding trees" later this week as extreme cold hits the northern U.S. A huge portion of the country is under cold-related weather alerts, with advisories ...

Viral social media posts are warning about "exploding trees" during a major winter storm. The phenomenon, known as "frost cracks," is real but trees rarely explode completely. This is unlikely to ...