Using saws at the end of long poles, crews with the National Park Service removed dead spots and loose branches from D.C.’s famous cherry blossom trees Thursday. They were making last-minute ...

WASHINGTON – Almost half a year has passed since the nation's capital went into mourning over the news that Stumpy was doomed to die. Now, the little tree has been resurrected. Horticulturalists at ...

Stumpy lives! Genetically, at least. The U.S. National Arboretum announced Tuesday that clippings from the original cherry tree on the Tidal Basin rooted into self-sustaining plants -- meaning the ...

Walk into any woods in New England (or the world) and you are bound to find standing dead trees. Depending upon where you live and how you view natural ecosystems these can be viewed either as ...

(This story has been updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) Reader question: I walked by the parking lot in front of Prevea Health on Cherry Street this summer and noticed that ...