The Cavanaugh family's cut-it-yourself ponderosa pine Christmas tree from Pike National Forest. (Rachel Murdock) Our Christmas tree has a knee. “A crooked tree for a crooked year” was my sales pitch ...

(AP) DALLAS - The pecan tree, more than 300 years old, stands out from the others in a forested area of Dallas, a 25-foot segment of its trunk slightly bowed and running almost parallel to the ground ...

DALLAS—The pecan tree, more than 300 years old, stands out from the others in a forested area of Dallas, a 25-foot segment of its trunk slightly bowed and running almost parallel to the ground before ...

Laura Moss is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience writing about science, nature, culture, and the environment. If you’ve ever encountered a bent tree while hiking in North American ...

When we first found a home we loved in Bent Tree, we weren’t sure we would fit in. The houses were bigger than in Grapevine, where we used to live. They had tall privacy fences around their pools.

With the record-breaking, heavy snow this winter, trees across the Northland have been damaged. Many yards and sidewalks have bent or broken trees, leaving quite the post-winter clean-up. The ...

Our Christmas tree has a knee. “A crooked tree for a crooked year” was my sales pitch when we spotted the bent ponderosa pine on the snowy downslope of Pike National Forest. First just my 6-year-old ...