The City of Sacramento introduced new updates to local parks that they said improve opportunities for exercise, relaxation ...

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Can trees from warmer places withstand Western Washington's sogginess? Forestry workers are starting a trial to find out.

Two 14-year-olds, an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old in Ohio died when the stolen car they were riding in struck trees and “was ...

Now, instead of planting 5,000 trees across the Lower 9th Ward, Little Woods, Hollygrove, and Pilotland/St. Bernard, SOUL says that it will have to cease operations by April 15 if it cannot find a new ...

A storm approaching the Sacramento Valley has local arborists and the Sacramento Fire Department preparing for an uptick in ...

A 14-year-old seriously hurt in a snowmobile crash required a helicopter airlift to a hospital, Oregon rescuers reported. The ...

The Hanami Line is poised to give us all a sneak peek of its annual cherry blossom showcase. Sacramento, get ready to be ...

The rediscovery of “one of the rarest and most elusive amphibians” in Chile is quite a tale. Philibert Germain, a scientist ...

As a crew was removing trees in remote Quincy on April 21 ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Sacramento office reached ...

The city of Davis will pay more than $24 million in damages to the family of a woman who died when a tree fell on her at a city park. Jennifer Comey, described in a city news release as a wife and ...

It’s a new species A Gracixalus weii, or Wei’s tree frog. Photo from Shize Li via Liu, Peng, Wang, Feng, Shen, Li, Chen, Su and Tang (2025) In the Leigongshan Nature Reserve of southern China, ...