Kids climbing trees is a common summer activity, but in Silver Spring, Maryland, they’ve stepped it up a notch and brought out some equipment that professional arborists use. Dozens of kids put on ...

Stella Dee, PhD student and tree-climbing champion, demonstrated proper tree-climbing techniques Tuesday morning as part of Founder’s Day, a University of Massachusetts Amherst celebration honoring ...

When Brenda Sandberg was a little girl growing up in Durham, N.H., a large maple tree separated her childhood home from the neighbor’s. The tree’s limbs were big and low, and on nice days after school ...