While most of us bemoan the boring 'white' box, others are out there dealing with much bigger inconveniences in their interiors: structural columns. Yes, they're difficult to live with, but in most ...

According to local lore, William Whipple brought home a horse chestnut from Philadelphia in 1776, after signing the Declaration of Independence, and planted it in his yard to commemorate the historic ...

THERE has been a tree massacre on Quirino Avenue. Huge trees, some of apparently almost 2 feet in diameter, felled. They were on the middle island of Quirino Avenue, now they are dead. And the killers ...

The sun sandpapered our skin, and we stood there, wordless, feeling like we had become smaller. The sky was the colourless expanse that follows temperatures above 42 degrees Celsius, but the skyline ...

BLD is caused by a nematode, or microscopic worm, that parasitizes the leaves of beech trees. While European beech are often planted as specimen trees, American beech (Fagus grandifolia) makes up ten ...

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THE public outrage over tree-cutting in Metro Manila has awakened a spirit of civic environmentalism among many urbanites. Between the government that regulates and issues permits, and the private ...

Orange trees are associated with prosperity and good luck. During the Lunar New Year, oranges are exchanged as symbols of good fortune and wealth. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Plants and trees can add ...

Ever since humans began building, they’ve been building up. Throughout the millennia, our constructions have reached higher and higher into the sky, spurred by various motivations: religion, democracy ...