Trees are very sensitive to the amount of daylight they receive. As nights get longer, cells at the base of leaves start to divide, which starts to block the veins carrying carbohydrates and minerals ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KOIN) — Researchers with Oregon State University have discovered seeds sprouting from an amber-encased pinecone. The phenomenon is caused by a rare botanical condition called ...

Pine cones are so simple, but yet, loved so much especially this time of year. What are they exactly? How about a woody structure that protects the seeds of the pine tree! Tucked inside of a female ...

BEND -- A cascade of pine cones poured into a big gray funnel at the Bend Seed Extractory last month in a warehouse tucked behind the new Pine Nursery Park. The cones from ponderosa pines in the ...

MY YARD IS FULL of eastern white pine trees, and every three years or so, it is full of pine cones. This is one of those years. Pine cones have fallen all over the yard, the sidewalk, the driveway.

Up above, trees are gloriously busy right now, their leaves a radiant green in the sunshine. They're gleefully photosynthesizing with all their might, but that's not all that those trees are doing.

MADISON, Wis. -- If you come across unopened pine cones over the next few weeks, staff with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources may want them. The DNR is asking for help with collecting red ...

Q: I’m wondering why there seem to be thousands of pine cones on the ground this year. I hope you can write an article and reference what might be causing this and if it may have any correlation to ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- The Wisconsin DNR wants to buy your pine cones. Specifically, unopened red pine cones. The DNR's Boscobel tree nursery will be using up the last of the red pine seed it has in ...