JERUSALEM -- Since embracing family and friends is off-limits these days because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority say people can find comfort in a different way by ...

Cynthia Njeri Mburu's 168-hour tree-hugging marathon in Murang'a ended after 128 hours due to exhaustion that saw her rushed to the hospital for medical care.

Koalas clinging onto trunks may look like one of nature’s cutest things online, but their tree-hugging is actually deeply rooted in survival. In the wild, koalas aren't lounging around; they do live ...

The Icelandic Forest Service released a statement on March 25 encouraging people to hug trees. The director told Insider that it's a symbolic message encouraging people to practice social distancing ...

Twenty-two-year-old environmental activist Truphena Muthoni Environmental activist Truphena Muthoni becomes the first person to hug a tree continuously for 72 hours on December 11, 2025. [Amos Kiarie, ...

Feeling the Coronavirus blues? Forest rangers in Iceland are working to clear roads and paths leading up to trees for people to hug as an alternative to hugging friends and family. On the eastern side ...

PALISADES PARK — Marcy Miller rested her head gently on the California palm tree, tears welling in her eyes as she embraced the trunk, memories of her now deceased father, once a worker in a lumber ...

Every nature lover understands the inner joy associated with hugging a tree; there’s no better place for tree-hugging than Sequoia National Park in Visalia, CA. The park is located in the southern ...

In this day and age of social distancing, the vast majority of us, either consciously or unconsciously, are suffering from a lack of physical contact with our fellow human beings. There is something ...