Some general types of mushrooms that grow on trees include bracket or 'shelf' mushrooms, jelly fungus, and cap fungus, although the wild world of mushrooms rarely fits into these neat categories.

While munching on an apple, we've all wondered if the seeds could be used to grow our own orchard, but growing fruit trees is more complicated than you think.

What are plants? Plants are living things that grow in soil and need water, sunlight and air to survive. Plants grow all over the world, in our gardens and in the wild. They can be big, like trees ...

Wild Things columnist Eric Brown discovers a new identification guide devoted to educating about trees and disclosing how important they are to both wildlife and humans.

Wild Things: Bird guide reaches new heights The council-ordered vandalism occurred only days after Sheffield council was found to have acted dishonestly when it had hordes of street trees felled.

Trees can add thousands to your home’s value while offering environmental benefits. Learn how landscaping and tree care enhance real estate prices.

Our Wild Things columnist Eric Brown charts a series of shocking attacks on some of the planet's oldest wild inhabitants and suggests a course of action to persuade politicians they must always be ...

Michigan is home to a surprising array of crops, including wild rice, mint, asparagus and sugar. Here are 10 things that grow in the state.

Proper identification of wild mushrooms is crucial when foraging. Our guide shows the differences between common edible and poisonous mushrooms.

The Deppea splendens is native to Mexico, but is now considered to be extinct in the wild. The greenhouse can produce more trees by using cuttings from the current plant, but those are clones and ...

Pawpaws do grow wild on Staten Island in the Greenbelt. The pawpaw is edible and delicious when it drops to the ground in fall. Thomas Jefferson cultivated the papaya-looking things at Monticello.