Several things come into play when it comes to determining the colors that we find on leaves of our trees. As our days get shorter and our nights get longer there is a chemical change that happens in ...

Anyone wandering in the woods now is sure to notice that although there are green plants out here, most are far beneath the snow cover. There are some lichens of various colors - green, blue-green, ...

The 150-year-old banyan tree in Lahaina is showing signs of life more than a month after its leaves were singed by fire. Clusters of green leaves have since grown from the iconic tree’s branches, as ...

The historic banyan tree in the fire-ravaged town of Lahaina has sprouted brilliant green leaves for the first time since the devastating wildfires on Maui. Video from the Hawaii Department of Land ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. There's a term for this curious leaf-retention ...

Have you ever noticed that when you cut down a tree — or a tree dies suddenly — the dead leaves stay on the tree for a long time? The leaves go from green to brown, but stay on the dead tree branches.