King’s lomatia is a single clonal plant that has survived for over 43,000 years. Here’s how it’s outlasted ice ages, climate ...

Science isn't always perfect, and decades ago, a graduate student's simple experiment proved that, though exactly why he did what he did remains a mystery.

The Yampa River Botanic Park has earned Level 1 accreditation through the ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and The ...

Walking down Elk Avenue feels like stepping onto a movie set where someone forgot to yell cut. The wooden buildings lean into ...

Deciduous trees, like maples, birches, and aspen, have leaves that can't handle the cold well. To conserve energy and water ...

Minnesota is well known for frigid cold and lots of snow, and this winter is no different. According to climate data, average 24-hour temperatures for December through February in the state are around ...

The conical shape of conifer trees helps the snow slide off their branches, and their limbs are shorter and more flexible, reducing risk of breaking.

It may be winter, but there is never a bad time to plan a new garden or an existing garden redesign. But before we get ...

Parents see the world differently than people without children. We look at our surroundings with our kids in mind, analyzing ...

An employee for the Aspen Skiing Company died in a skiing accident last week.

A critique from a team led by Utah State University ecologist Dan MacNulty and published in Forest Ecology and Management has ...

Five years ago, $20 million home sales in Aspen, Colo., were rare, happening no more than a handful of times a year. An influx of uber-wealthy buyers has now upended that norm, handing the affluent ...