Family of boy, 8, killed by falling tree gets huge sum from California city after text messages emerged

The settlement provides $14.65 million to the child’s parents, while the remaining $4.65 million will be divided among six ...

Family of child killed on Calif. national park land to receive $14M

The family of an 8-year-old boy killed by a falling tree branch at a park in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation ...
Mongabay

Taiwan’s tallest tree found with help of citizen science

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers have confirmed Taiwan’s tallest known tree: an 84.1-meter (276-foot) Taiwania fir they named “the Heaven Sword of the Da’an River.” A ...
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U.S. 72 closed near Cox Road in Limestone County after multiple trees fall across roadway

LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - Multiple trees fell across U.S. 72 near Cox Road in Limestone County around 1:03 p.m. Monday, June 1, blocking the roadway and forcing a closure of all lanes. The ...
New York Post

Tree falls on woman, crushes multiple cars in NYC during Memorial Day storm: cops

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google A tree fell on a woman and partially crushed multiple cars in the Bronx on Memorial Day, cops said. The tree came down ...
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How Cincinnati will use dead trees to grow the urban tree canopy

Burning trees to help other trees grow? It sounds counterintuitive, but using biochar to improve soil conditions is a practice that dates back centuries. On Arbor Day 2025, Cincinnati Mayor Aftab ...
AOL

Black Bears Use Trees as Nannies, Rest Stops, and Safe Havens

When it’s time to come down from a tree, black bears are equally skilled at descending. Unlike humans, who typically climb down feet-first, black bears are daredevils. They can go feet-first or ...
Grist

The solution to urban heat is much, much simpler than you think

Johnny Appleseed was ahead of his time. Not because he fed so many people by planting apple trees (really, he got them drunk instead, as his real goal was encouraging the production of cider), but ...
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Multiple tornadoes rip through Mississippi tearing down trees

Multiple tornadoes ripped through Mississippi highway tearing down trees. NASA astronauts prepare to evacuate International Space Station The British royal family's dress code Moroccan boy, 12, saves ...
The Conversation

Urban trees cool the world’s cities more than we thought – but we can’t rely on them alone

Cities and towns are usually 1–3°C hotter than the surrounding countryside, because asphalt, concrete and brick absorb heat from the sun and radiate it slowly. Some cities can be as much as 7°C hotter ...
New Scientist

Oak trees use delaying tactics to thwart hungry caterpillars

If caterpillars have munched through a lot of an oak tree’s leaves one year, then, the following spring, the tree’s buds open three days later. This delay means the caterpillars don’t have food ...
Medical Xpress

Brazilian tree compounds block SARS-CoV-2 at multiple stages, lab tests show

A study has revealed that galloylquinic acids extracted from the leaves of Copaifera lucens Dwyer, a tree endemic to Brazil primarily found in the Atlantic Forest, have a multi-targeted effect against ...