Janet Austin working on her tree in Palmer Square Park, Chicago (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) CHICAGO — As its name suggests, the emerald ash borer is a beautiful little green bug, with an ...

A living art installation has planted its roots near the Rodin Sculpture Garden. The art is a tree capable of growing 40 varieties of stone fruits, highlighting themes that branch out into the realms ...

The NOLA Art House, New Orlean’s fantastical, Swiss Family Robinson-esque tree house, constructed largely from debris left behind by Hurricane Katrina, is being dismantled after the sale of the ...

Cleveland Dean, “The Glorious Realization of Uncomfortable Power” (2015), acrylic on burned, distressed wood, 48″ x 36″ (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) CHICAGO — In the entire history of ...

The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie our ability to recognize artworks as depictions of trees. The authors begin ...

Bonsai is not just the art of making trees tiny but a celebration of the power of nature. Dominique Browning meditates on these living artifacts of centuries past—and where to see them to their best ...

A vignette gives home design inspiration for the holidays at Orlando Museum of Art’s annual Festival of Trees on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. An elf seems to have gotten caught in a tree at Orlando Museum ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Trees depicted in ...

What makes a tree a tree? Or rather, why can we recognize trees in even quite abstract depictions when they are so varied in nature? Researchers have found a clue in the branches, and used math to ...