In the case of the stump, which wouldn't have much to offer the other trees in its present state, it is believed that its roots were likely grafted when it was still a full tree. By the time that tree ...

It's one thing to cut down an old tree, and another (challenging) thing entirely to remove the stump that gets left behind.

A tree stump in New Zealand is very much alive, thanks to an interconnected root system that benefits both the stump and its neighboring trees. Scientists say this unusual symbiotic arrangement could ...

Cutting down a tree can be a lot of work. Adding to the labor-intensive task is the question of what to do with the tree's stump? Really, how many of us know how to remove a tree stump? Do you even ...

Sebastian Leuzinger receives funding from The Royal Society. Martin Karl-Friedrich Bader does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...

When two ecologists hiking in New Zealand discovered this stump, they had to figure out how it could still be alive. By JoAnna Klein In a rain forest near Auckland, New Zealand, a leafless kauri tree ...