Coconuts are exotic, edible fruits produced by coconut trees. The coconut tree is a kind of palm tree with a single straight trunk and has been used for many purposes since prehistoric times. Every ...

Recently, turfgrass reduction programs are being used to conserve water in the Southwest. Turfgrass is an easy target because of the amount of good science quantifying turfgrass water-use rates.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Pest outbreaks have left Minnesota with quite a lot of dead trees, useless lumber and dried-out and wasted stands, which, if left to rot, will become a large fire hazard. One invasive ...

Tea tree oil is an essential oil derived from the leaves of the tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia), which is native to Australia. Like other essential oils, tea tree oil has been used medicinally for ...

HAMMOND, La. - At this point, many of us have already thrown out our Christmas trees, but in Louisiana, these discarded trees serve an important purpose for the United States Army. The trees are part ...

Author Elif Shafak struggled at first with how to write her new book, The Island of Missing Trees. The story she wanted to tell is about a family from Cyprus, a Mediterranean island that was the ...

SALEM, Ore — Take in the smells at Noble Mountain Tree Farm in Salem and you might get a mixture of freshly cut tree mixed with a hint of jet fuel. There's no Christmas music playing here, just the ...