An Inland Empire city has approved a development project within 450 feet of the third oldest known living organism in the world — a sprawling, shrub-like oak tree that is more than 13,000 years old.

Atlanta is known as the "City in the Forest," but, largely due to ongoing development, the canopy is shrinking. While the city recently amended its tree protection ordinance to increase fees for ...

It started life near the end of the last Ice Age, nestled between two boulders on a rise in the Jurupa Hills of Riverside County — a shrubby oak tree estimated to be 13,000 years old, making it one of ...

For months, one neighborhood has rallied to protect a legacy live oak from a proposed multifamily housing development, raising concerns about the lack of legal protections for old-growth trees in ...

Nearly 200 historic trees on Johns Island were on the chopping block at a Charleston Board of Zoning Appeals meeting Dec. 7, and the debate surrounding their removal is stirring up questions about ...

62 historic oak trees will be cut down in DeLand to make way for a new development, and some residents are opposing the plan. The property is at the southeast corner of Cassadaga Road and Dr. Martin ...

Trees are famously anchored beings. They grow where they happen to be, their branches reaching ever closer to the sky as their roots keep them firmly in place. One particular tree — a live oak — was ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) -Live oak trees are an essential part of Wilmington’s beauty. That’s why cut some down and you’re bound to have pushback. The Haven at Galleria Development site cut down ...