This science of trees inspired my colleague and me to measure the scaling of tree branch diameter in art. Among my favorite images is a carving of a tree from a late-medieval mosque in India.

The difference is that there is almost nowhere that you won’t see a palm tree, including right out my back door. Don’t blame the tree. It’s not its fault that it’s overexposed. Throughout ...

researchers found the tree in the top-left carving had the most “tree-like” branch diameter scaling exponent. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (for “Cherry Blossoms”) Newberry shared that ...

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A man was found unconscious and later pronounced dead after being trapped approximately 25 feet up in a palm tree on the 2000 Block of E. Bonanza near 21st Street, according ...