The new research suggests that substances like gold can accumulate and solidify in plant tissues and form part of its defense ...

Spruce tree needles contain tiny gold particles — and they could indicate large gold deposits beneath the surface.

In the forests of Finnish Lapland, beneath which some gold is known to lie underground, scientists have found something ...

Scientists in Finland discovered gold nanoparticles inside the needles of Norway spruce trees and the finding could indicate ...

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A Sioux Falls woman is fighting city hall over her big blue spruce tree in her front yard that she decorates every year for ...

A potentially devastating disease epidemic is attacking our region's most common evergreen trees. Colorado, Black Hills and Norway spruce have long been planted in yards and shelterbelts. Most of the ...

A poor northern cone crop and a surge in boreal finch populations could bring flocks of colorful winter birds south to New England feeders this season.

Female (left) and male spruce cones at the Arnold Arboretum. It's a more common sight to see separate male and female cones like this. (Courtesy William "Ned" Friedman) Every spring the conifer trees ...

One of the reasons Glen Hemingson bought his home in Anchorage’s Fairview neighborhood was the thick stand of spruce trees in the front yard. “It has the feeling of a forest,” Hemingson said. But soon ...