In recent years, researchers have discovered that trees can communicate and share nutrients via an underground fungal net. Now, scientists in Europe have found that trees also “sleep,” or at least ...

Q: I purchased a piece of land last year with three silver birch trees on it. The largest is about 30 feet tall and had a low branch removed many years ago. The inside of the stub rotted and was ...

The branches of birch trees in Europe sagged by as much as four inches at night compared with daytime. Researchers used lasers to scan birch trees in both Finland and Austria. They found that the ...

Q: Am I the only one whose birch tree has suffered this winter? It bloomed beautifully, but now half of it is dead and has almost no leaves. Should I call an arborist? Can this tree be saved? A: This ...

They don’t snore, but might creak during their slumbers. For the first time, trees have been shown to undergo physical changes at night that can be likened to sleep, or at least to day-night cycles ...

Borers have been attacking my two birch trees this year. Our arborist says this problem is pretty wide spread in the Portland/Vancouver areas this year. How can I control this pest? Attacks of the ...

Mid-winter is my favorite time to harvest birch for sweet-flavored food and warming beverages. Birch trees are easy to identify in winter thanks to their distinctive bark. The bark is an eye-catching ...