A portion of Farmington Avenue is closed Tuesday morning as crews work to remove trees from sidewalks as part of a larger town center improvement project.

We don’t usually see all the reactions and movements that wild plants, animals and mushrooms make and do, and are subjected to. So when a tree explodes from being hit ...

Much online discussion has been hovering around the subject of frozen exploding trees this winter, following multiple videos and reports. A Facebook update from the page, Ethereal Earth, went viral ...

The coldest air of the season is set to slide over the Philadelphia area this weekend, which could lead to frost quakes, ice quakes and lake quakes.

The KSL Greenhouse Show explained why winter damage happens to trees and why sometimes, extremely low temperatures cause ...

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 ...

Bitterly cold arctic air has blanketed parts of the United States over the last week, with some areas getting snow and subzero temperatures. Along with the cold weather comes a natural event called ...

A previous version of this video misidentified the cause of the tree collapses.

On social media, people are wondering if trees can explode from the cold temperatures. Experts say that drastic drops in temperature can cause frost cracks that can run through the tree. Exclusive - ...

DETROIT (WWJ) – A rumor regarding “exploding trees” has been circulating online, but experts said that is not exactly what happens to trees in cold weather. Bert Cregg is a professor of horticulture ...