The lights are dimming on this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The 11-ton Norway Spruce is getting its last hours ...

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A giant Norway spruce that will serve as this year's Rockefeller Christmas tree was headed to New York City on Thursday from its Massachusetts hometown. The 74-foot-high ...

We know life can be tough sometimes. So we'd like to take *** moment to share one good thing happening in the world today. Halloween might have only been yesterday, but we're already looking to the ...

WEST STOCKBRIDGE — In the minutes after the chain saw ran through the base of the Norway spruce tree headed for holiday fame, the 71-foot giant hung in stasis before it finally laid horizontal. It was ...

Spruce bark beetles don’t just tolerate their host tree’s chemical defenses—they actively reshape them into stronger ...

Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.