If you’ve driven or walked down a street and spotted tree trunks wrapped with sheet metal, you may have been stumped. These reflective metal cuffs can be seen everywhere from Charlotte to Los Angeles ...

A macabre Christmas tree safety warning from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) has observers noting its likeness to metal album artwork. After all, the fiery skeleton it illustrates ...

If you have ever seen aluminum bands, hardware cloth or some other type of metal wrapping the trunk of a tree, you might have wondered about its purpose. It’s not to help the trunk grow straight, nor ...