The roots of that big tree in your yard may be infiltrating your underground plumbing right now. If the species is shallow-rooted, it's even more likely.

Trees falling on homes are extremely common during severe weather season, causing damage or, as we saw in Memphis this ...

Tree roots do not wait decades to cause trouble for your septic line. Given moisture, nutrients, and even a small opening, ...

A family displaced for almost a year after their home flooded by raw sewage has been told the tree they blame will stay and that the sewer main beneath it doesn’t need fixing.

Another main benefit of bare roots is that because you receive them when they’re in a dormant state, you can plant them ...

Ancient alerce trees may shelter entire underground ecosystems, with vast fungal networks helping forests cycle nutrients and store carbon.

In the forests of the southeastern United States, dense tree cover dominates most landscapes. That's why the Appalachian Trail is sometimes nicknamed "The Green Tunnel." But avid hikers know that ...

Microbes could help oak trees cope with environmental change. Publishing February 11 in the Cell Press journal Cell Host & Microbe, a study observing oaks growing in a natural woodland found that the ...

Basements in Baltimore’s Bolton Hill and Hampden neighborhoods have repeatedly flooded with sewage over the past six months, ...

Google on Friday unveiled its plan for its Chrome browser to secure HTTPS certificates against quantum computer attacks without breaking the Internet.

Botanical sensors are turning greenery into living data networks while monitoring plant health and optimizing yields.

March is here. It is usually the start of our dry season, but we are heading into the season in a serious drought.