Exploding trees may be taking over your social media feed, but a local gardening expert says you are unlikely to see them in ...

This winter, you may hear loud cracking sounds in the woods. Known as "exploding trees" or frost cracks, the phenomenon is ...

This is the moment a man filming himself chopping wood in Iron River, Wisconsin during the passage of Winter Storm Fern on January 25 is suddenly startled by a loud noise. The man discovers he ...

When temperatures drop suddenly, trapped water can freeze and expand, splitting trunks with a gunshot-like sound ...

When temperatures plunge and the air goes painfully still, people in northern forests sometimes hear a sharp crack that ...

Recent winter storms across North America have sparked viral social media posts warning of a dramatic phenomenon: exploding ...