Running a state flooded by deer, Governor Healey has thrown her support behind the controversial measure to allow hunting on ...

From Jan. 25 to Feb. 10, power outages affected about 230,000 homes in Nashville, five people died and tens of thousands of trees were damaged.

Local arborist Luke Brunner says that low temperatures are far less dangerous to trees than heavy snow and ice. After warnings about “exploding trees” went viral this winter, a local arborist says he ...

Think the warm temperatures across the state will stop the snow? Weather records say otherwise. Temperatures across Detroit reached a high of 43 degrees on Tuesday, Feb. 10, a post from the National ...

Exploding trees made quite a few headlines last month when temperatures dropped across much of the country. While the claim of trees exploding certainly grabs attention, it is a little exaggerated.

If you’ve spent time outdoors during recent cold snaps—or scrolled social media—you may have heard talk of “exploding trees.” While the phrase sounds dramatic, the phenomenon behind it is very real ...

BEDDES: “Yes. In the Midwest, I’ve heard of areas getting into, like Wisconsin and Michigan, down to four to below zero degrees Fahrenheit. So, the trees there had relatively mild weather and there’s ...

Frost crack as seen in a tree. (Photo by Thomas deHaas, OSU Extension educator) SALEM, Ohio — Winter walks in the forest bring sounds of boots crunching through heavy snow and wind whistling through ...

Trees don't explode in cold temperatures, but they can develop a frost crack, or vertical fissure in the tree trunk.

When temperatures plunge and the air goes painfully still, people in northern forests sometimes hear a sharp crack that sounds like a gunshot. That eerie noise has fueled a viral claim that trees ...