Earlier in 2025, the stray dog caught the attention of her neighbors on the south side of Chicago when she took up residence ...

Boo was "tiny, starving and pregnant" when she was first found inside a tree. — -- An abandoned dog discovered living inside tree trunk in a remote countryside area of California now has a much ...

Scientists have mapped microbe populations in human guts, deep-sea ecosystems and even clouds. Yet the microbial communities inside tree trunks have remained largely unseen until now. For a recent ...

Most people are familiar with the notion that "tree rings" — the concentric bands visible on a cross-section of a tree's trunk — serve as an indicator of a tree's age. Dendrochronology is the practice ...