During last week's winter storm, residents across North Texas reported they experienced an unusual phenomenon best described as "exploding trees." But what causes the trees to "explode?" Sap? Freezing ...

The unseasonably warm winter weather in the Upstate stimulated new growth on many plants and trees, and the cold snap has done serious damage to buds, new leaves and tender growth. And it is going to ...

ORONO, Minn. — Sunday after 10 a.m., Penny Saiki was drinking her second cup of coffee when all of a sudden her home shook. "There was a great big, huge boom and I thought something exploded. But it ...

Freezing temperatures in Chicago — which at one point Thursday were said to be lower than those in Alaska and Antarctica — have reportedly caused a loud, ground-shaking phenomenon to occur: so-called ...

Miranda Earnest, the new horticulture aide for Buffalo County Extension, is a 2015 Aurora High School graduate. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on May 4, ...

Did you hear a big boom sometime overnight? You’re not alone. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Hanrahan said those loud noises, which have been reported across the state, are the result of cryoseisms, or "ice ...

We have a Prairiefire crabapple tree that has severe splitting in almost all of the major branches. There is some evidence of old bark splits that have healed over that we did not notice until ...

Recent cold temperatures may have some wondering about the effects on landscape plants. In general, uniformly cold temperatures will not damage dormant and hardy plants. Low temperature injury is more ...

It is always exciting to see the first of the year’s flowers bloom and relieve us of our drab and colorless winter. There are several trees and shrubs that get a particularly early start. Early ...