This is a summary of Planning Applications received in the Southern Area Planning Office of Test Valley Borough Council for the week ending ...

Harriet Rix’s “The Genius of Trees” offers a new approach to trees, each chapter dealing with different ways trees shape the ...

Frost cracks appear as vertical splits in the trunk of a tree and are the result of plant tissue expansion and contraction.

If you like to hike or snowshoe in the winter, you might like to learn the names of the trees you see. Do so, and the trees ...

The Rappahannock Record's website, rrecord.com, receives over 200,000 page views each month!

Belle Isle State Park and the Virginia Master Naturalists will hold the first 2026 Walk on the Wild Side at 9 a.m. Thursday, February 12. The theme will be “Naked Tree Walk.” These two-hour walks are ...

Cleveland City Council has passed Tanisha’s Law, legislation that will change how the city responds to service calls involving people experiencing a mental health crisis. After the recent winter storm ...

In winter woods, most deciduous trees stand bare, yet some oaks and beeches keep a fringe of dry, coppery leaves. They no ...

Learn the science behind "exploding trees," why extreme cold causes frost cracks and which species are most at risk.

Great horned owls, another feathered wonder in this state we’re in, also mate early and employ the same parenting style. On ...

Deep freezes in 2023 and 2024 provided relief for some of Maine’s most preyed-on tree species. Will that continue in 2026?

Not all trees drop their leaves in the fall. Even in the height of winter, a curious number of oak and beech trees refuse to ...