It’s true—tree roots can sneak their way into buried water lines and plumbing pipes, interrupting the flow into and out of your home. “Tree roots respond to the sound waves of water and will seek it ...

Image credit: Backyard Garden Lover. Growing and spreading rapidly in even the poorest soils and with little water, tree of heaven is, despite its name, the very definition of "weed tree." It can ...

Researchers say baobabs face a potential new threat from the mango stem borer, a beetle long known to devastate other trees. The warning comes from research in Oman, where scientists found the pest ...