Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Our present-day "living fossil tree" is nearly identical to leaves found in ...

Although adding a tree to one's garden is a major decision, trees serve so many valuable purposes that I like to include them in this column from time to time. One of my favorites is the instantly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ginkgo biloba is a tree that's also known as the maidenhair tree—a botanical species that's grown in China for thousands of years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated photo shows a ginkgo leaf in New Paltz, NY. In addition to their fan shape, leaves of ginkgo trees have a unique ...

Citizen scientists can submit leaf samples from their hometowns through the end of August Meilan Solly | Senior Associate Digital Editor, History Ginkgo has survived three mass extinctions, including ...

Animal studies at Georgetown University Medical Center find ginkgo biloba may have preventive effects for cancerous human brain and breast tumors. Washington, DC -- Researchers at Georgetown ...

We got a good show of leaf color when late fall turned to early winter this season. That first flick of chill brought out the fire in sweetgums, Japanese maples, horse chestnuts and Chinese pistaches; ...

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China and one in the U.S. has found that ginkgo biloba trees do not experience senescence. In their paper published in the Proceedings of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During the Jurassic era, forests of ...

Many of today's most popular Western supplements, medicines and practices can trace their roots back to ancient Eastern medicine. These include practices aimed at tapping into a life force known as Qi ...

Ginkgo biloba is one of the oldest living tree species known. Alsocalled ‘‘maidenhair tree,” “Kew tree,” “fossil tree,” and “Japanese silver apricot,” ginkgo is unique, with no known close living ...