MINNEAPOLIS—If a tree has an afterlife, Cindy Siewert can find it. She owns Wood From the Hood, a business that recycles trees into furniture, walls and flooring. It’s a way for the owners of a ...

When you see mushrooms or other fungi growing out of the trunk of a tree, pay attention. It’s a sign that the wood inside the tree is decaying. “It’s something you want to have a professional look at ...

Scientists who were assessing the structure of different types of wood at the microscopic level have discovered a totally new type of wood. This wood is part of tulip trees, which are relatives of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Molecular biologist Keith Woeste squats down among rows of young, musky-smelling black walnut trees and grasps one tree’s trunk to eye a slender branch. These aren’t ordinary ...

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