This phenomenon, called marcescence, adds a unique dimension to the winter landscape, and gives me something to ponder while ...

DNR highlights four groomed cross-country ski trail systems, three trails for snowshoeing in Northwoods state forest.

When the snow settles, melts and refreezes, the sound-dampening quality of the snow will change. As the surface of the snow ...

Snow helps insulate their roots, so this snow dump is very much welcomed by Minnesota's trees. MINNESOTA, USA — Tree lovers hate how hard it is to be optimistic right now.

This winter, snow has been pretty ... Usually you don’t get snow like that till closer to the top. Beautiful, white, fluffy snow encased the trees and rocks around us. A light snow was gently ...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Northern Whatcom County got a double whammy from Mother Nature, snow, and winds. Driving north into Lynden, the winds swirled, now into drifts around barns, trees, and ditches.

Winter isn't all bad – these "sublime" landscapes of the frozen North from the turn of the 20th Century offer us a way into ...

Lee Frelich is the Director of the Center for Forest Ecology at the University of Minnesota. He admits that studying the state's trees and ... went into this winter with no snow, but quite cold ...

Sometimes by this time in February, the hellebores planted many years ago in a flower bed are showing buds, but that hasn’t ...

Go on a hike at this magical winter destination in Massachusetts that leads past streams and snowy trees and to a spectacular ...