Eastern cottonwood trees are releasing their fluffy seeds into the air in Michigan. It won't last long.

San Juan County Fire and Rescue responded Monday evening to an agricultural brush fire that had engulfed a large, landmark cottonwood tree along Farmers Ditch. John Gilbert, deputy fire chief of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trees are smarter than you think, and the evidence is found in their unique ways they disperse their seeds. Cottonwood trees ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... An old cottonwood tree — beloved by the owners of the home it shades, but reviled by neighbors irked by the cotton it puts out in spring — on Friday received ...

SPANISH LAKE, MO (KTVI)- The storms the rocketed through the St. Louis region on May 31 destroying home and businesses also took away a state record in the St. Louis area. The Missouri State Champion ...

PATAGONIA - What was long the nation's biggest cottonwood tree is dead, split into two slabs, its gargantuan trunk sprawling askew. Its base is hollow, its bark, rotting. Most of its leaves are brown, ...

A cottonwood tree that gained considerable support from Durango residents must be cut down to make way for the Animas River Trail underpass, the city announced Thursday. “We appreciated the feedback ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A cottonwood tree that provided shade for the Ute tribes of western Colorado before the arrival of white settlers has grown rotten and unstable and must be trimmed into a ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Eastern cottonwood is frequently planted to give quick shade near homes. Male ...