If you took movies and TV shows seriously, witches, or those who practice witchcraft, would all be wearing pointy black hats, riding broomsticks and wickedly cackling over cauldrons. Unsurprisingly, ...

Witches' broom formations are seen in this Virginia pine. The effect of witches' broom is caused by stress in trees. (Submitted photo/Curtis Young) On my cranky days some might say it’s my mode of ...

Local creatures have often been given the names of early explorers and naturalists that visited our northern shores and forests. So (until the names are changed) we have Townsend’s warblers and ...

Like me, many people have probably seen them. Up close, or at a distance, they stick out like a sore thumb. What amazes me most about them is I've really never bothered to look them up to see exactly ...

DULUTH — On a frigid January morning, Rich Larson scales a big tamarack tree, breaking off branches as he climbs towards his target. About 30 feet high, as the wind swirls around him, Larson, 59, ...