On either side of a sandy dirt road, Valencia orange trees tower overhead with flecks of orange and yellow peeking through leafy green branches. Morgan McKenna Porter, 32, has spent her whole life in ...

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If you’ve seen headlines of tomatoes with a spicy kick and mushrooms that won’t brown, it comes as no surprise genetic engineering is providing a means for us to reshape nature in ways that would ...

First, genetically modified crops, now genetically modified trees. Mark Brush looks at genetically altered eucalyptus trees and the concern they may become invasive. And... taking down levees. We've ...

When local folks who have been working to return the glorious American chestnut tree to our forest gather Saturday in Lebanon to celebrate an anniversary, there will be a big question looming overhead ...

Scientists like to say that their work usually proceeds two steps forward and one step back. But sometimes that’s optimistic. Case in point: A scientific effort I’ve been writing about since 2010, the ...

If we can make square tomatoes, why not square trees that are ready to chop into lumber? That’s why the concept designers at Draw Me a Sheep have created this “square tree” sculpture – to suggest a ...

Plus: Donald Trump has been elected US president for the second time This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of ...

An experimental American chestnut tree created by researchers at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry is one step closer to public release. The U.S. Department ...

Mindful of the tree’s popularity but determined to enhance its characteristics, the Christmas Tree Genetics Program tested almost 30,000 Fraser firs and identified 25 with the best genetics. These top ...