In a rainforest near Auckland, New Zealand, a leafless kauri tree stump rises a few feet off the ground. These trees can become giants: The country’s biggest, Tāne Mahuta, or the “Lord of the Forest,” ...

If you have a stubborn stump in your yard that you want to remove, master arborist John Snow exclusively shared the best ...

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 ...

Within a shrouded New Zealand forest, a tree stump keeps itself alive by holding onto the roots of its neighboring trees, exchanging water and resources through the grafted root system. New research ...

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

UNGA ISLAND, Alaska — If you want to stroll through the only forest in the Shumagin Islands, you have to wear rubber boots and wait until the tide goes out. In the Shumagins, where the wind never ...

A flowering cherry stump has been drilled, with potassium nitrate (saltpeter) applied to the holes to speed the rotting of the stump. The last step would be to cover it all with shredded native tree ...

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 ...