The sandbox tree does not look dangerous at first glance, but it has earned a frightening reputation for a reason. Native to ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

The ‘dynamite’ tree (Hura crepitans) is one of the largest trees of tropical America. Growing in open areas, they stay relatively short, but in the forest, they rise to 60 metres (200 feet) in height.

A Tasmanian couple living in a bushfire-prone area has credited good design, roof sprinklers, and a well-maintained firebreak for saving their home in a recent blaze. A fire scientist says homes are ...

Some travellers chase sunsets, some birds and some beaches and mountains. But there is another trend quietly growing known as botanical travel. This is where travellers are chasing for offbeat ...

From a tree that grows underground to a tree that walks, there's a plethora of weird trees out there. Here are our favourites... Yes you have heard that right - there is one enduring story out there ...

Are they dead? Or are they just still “sleeping”? That’s the question home gardeners are wondering as they venture into the landscape and still see a lot of bareness. That’s not abnormal this time of ...

Over a two-week period, residents were trapped inside, anxiously waiting for power to be restored. Five died. Tensions boiled throughout the outage, with city officials eventually condemning NES' ...

“It sounds like gunshots,” he said, “and if people are in the woods and happen to hear one of these or outside in their yard, you’ll be ducking for cover. But it’s not exploding. They’ll split open, ...

A striking insect with polka-dotted wings has turned from curiosity to crisis across much of the South. Gardeners from Georgia to Tennessee have started spotting clusters of unfamiliar bugs on trees, ...

If you didn’t know any better, you might look out over the forested valley at the edge of the Oakland hills and fail to notice Old Survivor among its fellow redwoods. It’s a bit taller than the others ...